Legal Opinion
The People v. Phillip Couser
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 2016No. 166-167PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Abdus-Salaam, J.
In the first of these appeals we must consider whether Penal Law § 70.25 (2) permits consecutive or concurrent sentencing for defendant’s convictions. Specifically, we must resolve *372whether defendant’s convictions for attempted robbery and robbery were properly ordered to run consecutively by the trial court. In the second appeal, we must consider whether defense counsel’s advice to defendant, prior to taking an Alford plea to attempted murder, that his sentence after conviction for that crime could be directed to run consecutively to his other sentences…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- MATTER OF SILMON v. TravisNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- People v. LaureanoNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- People v. RamirezNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- People v. MangarilloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- People v. BurnsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
- People v. ObbagyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
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