Legal Opinion

People v. Torres

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 23, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Honorof, J.), rendered December 9, 2004, convicting him of attempted rape in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his attorney misinformed him as *977to the possible consequences of his plea with regard to his immigration status is not properly before this Court since it is based upon matter that is dehors the record (see People v Vargas, 52 AD3d 850 [2008]; People v…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. VillacresesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  2. People v. HussainAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  3. People v. VargasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. DeckerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. People v. MoranAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  3. People v. ChristianAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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