People v. Brooks

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Bruhn, J.), rendered July 6, 1995, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted burglary in the second degree.

At an August 29, 1994 preliminary hearing on a charge that he committed burglary in the second degree, defendant was approached by Ulster County Assistant District Attorney Raymond Tomaselli and the two engaged in some discussion about the case in the absence of defendant’s assigned counsel. After pleading not guilty to the charge at that time, defendant was eventually indicted for burglary in the…