Legal Opinion
People v. Thomas
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 6, 1981PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Meyer, J.
The legal sufficiency of a conceded set of facts to support a judgment of conviction entered upon a guilty plea may not be saved for appellate review by conditioning the plea on defendant’s right to appeal that issue, even though the prosecutor consents to, and the Trial Judge approves, the entry of such a conditional plea. Because defendant’s pleas were conditioned upon the power of the prosecutor to consent and the court to approve such a plea and provided for *341vacatur of the pleas if it was held that there was no such power, we affirm the order of the Appellate…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- People v. MichaelNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. ThomasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
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3Cited by162 opinions
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- People v. ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. Di RaffaeleNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. PrescottNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
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