Legal Opinion
People v. Rivera
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 1, 2012PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena K. Uviller, J.), rendered July 1, 2009, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of six months, unanimously affirmed.
By pleading guilty, defendant waived his objection to the grand jury instructions (see People v Garcia, 216 AD2d 36 [1995]). In any event, there was no impairment of the integrity of the grand jury proceedings (compare People v Pelchat, 62 *410NY2d 97 [1984]). The prosecutor properly instructed the grand jury on the essential elements of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People v. WoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- People v. GarciaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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