Legal Opinion
People v. Beach
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 12, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea was properly denied. Defendant was afforded a reasonable opportunity to present his specific contentions by means of both written and oral applications (People v Woodard, 208 AD2d 411, lv denied 84 NY2d 1040). "The minutes of the plea proceeding establish that the plea was entered knowingly and voluntarily, belying defendant’s unsupported claims, inter alia, of coercion and ineffective assistance of counsel.” (People v Galarza, 219 AD2d 514.) New counsel need not have been appointed simply because counsel declined to join in defendant’s pro se…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. SidesNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. WoodardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. GalarzaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. LebrunAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. HarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. ColeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. KellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997