People v. Verderosa

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Saratoga County, rendered February 29, 1980, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of escape in the second degree. Defendant was charged in an indictment with the crime of escape in the first degree. His attorney entered into plea bargaining negotiations and in a letter to defendant stated “the Judge is unmoved from a 2-4 year concurrent sentence if a plea is entered or a 3%-7 year consecutive sentence if there is a conviction after trial.” Defendant eventually pleaded guilty to escape in the second degree and was sentenced to…