Legal Opinion

People v. Torres

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

Decided January 18, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Felice Shea, J.), rendered April 16, 1993, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5½ to 11 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s bare claims of innocence and coercion at sentencing did not warrant further inquiry by the court into the validity of what was a very beneficial plea, given a record *421devoid of any suggestion of confusion or doubt on defendant’s part as to the rights being waived and other consequences of pleading guilty (see,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Independence Party v. Board of ElectionsNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. People v. BillingsleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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