People v. White

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 15, 1976, convicting him of robbery in the third degree, upon a plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, plea vacated and case remanded to Criminal Term for further proceedings consistent herewith. Under the circumstances of the instant case, where the defendant offered to plead guilty, on the eve of trial, to the highest count of the indictment (robbery in the first degree) in return for a favorable sentencing commitment,…