People v. Roberts

Kane, J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (Hanofee, J.), rendered April 6, 1989, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree.

In 1986, defendant was found guilty of first degree manslaughter and second degree grand larceny stemming from the strangulation death of Blanche Mironov. This court reversed the manslaughter conviction in 1987 because, although the indictment was predicated on defendant’s striking of Mironov in the neck area with intent to cause serious injury, the prosecution proceeded at trial on a…