People v. Goldstein

We respectfully dissent. We would *1275reverse the judgment of conviction, grant defendant’s motion to withdraw the plea and remit for further proceedings on the indictment. The plea agreement provided for defendant to receive the maximum sentence on the top charges against him. He made a timely and detailed motion to withdraw his plea in which he asserted that he had made statements during the plea allocution that negated an essential element of the crime of reckless endangerment in the first degree, he had been coerced to accept the plea by the statement by County Court (LaBuda, J.) that he…