Legal Opinion
People v. Woodhouse
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 22, 2009PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Hubert, J.), rendered May 9, 2008, convicting him of attempted robbery in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The decision whether to grant a defendant permission to withdraw his guilty plea lies in the sound discretion of the County Court (see People v Rodriguez, 270 AD2d 434 [2000]; People v Leviyev, 256 AD2d 359 [1998]). The defendant’s contention that he did not understand the consequences of his plea because he suffered from a psychiatric…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. BrooksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- People v. MartinezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- People v. LeviyevAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. QuinonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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