People v. Hernandez

Saxe, J.E, and Sweeny, J,

concur in a separate memorandum by Sweeny, J., as follows: The “longstanding test for determining the validity of a guilty plea is whether the plea represents a voluntary and intelligent choice among the alternative courses of action open to the defendant” (Hill v Lockhart, 474 US 52, 56 [1985] [internal quotation marks omitted]). A defendant challenging the propriety of his guilty plea on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel must meet the two-prong test set out in Strickland v Washington (466 US 668 [1984]). Under Strickland, the “defendant must show that…