People v. Charles

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Hudson, J.), rendered March 24, 2010, convicting him of attempted criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the matter is remitted to the County Court, Suffolk County, for further proceedings in accordance herewith, and the appeal is held in abeyance in the interim.

The defendant contends that his plea of guilty was not knowing and voluntary because the plea record demonstrates that the court never advised him of the possibility that he…