Legal Opinion

People v. Burgos

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 15, 2005Published

1Opinion of the Court

*198Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Brenda G. Soloff, J.), rendered February 11, 2002, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of three years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea, without appointing new counsel. Counsel’s comments did not provide any damaging factual information (compare People v Rozzell, 20 NY2d 712 [1967]), and there is no reasonable possibility that they affected the court’s decision to deny defendant’s…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. RozzellNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
  2. People v. OteroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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