People v. Jenkins

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Clinton County, rendered February 23, 1979, convicting defendant upon his *877plea of guilty of the crime of attempted burglary in the third degree. The only issue of merit presented by defendant on this appeal concerns the propriety of his plea of guilty to the crime of attempted burglary in the third degree. In eliciting the factual details of the crime before accepting that plea, the trial court asked the defendant what he was doing in the subject building. Defendant explained that he had been following an acquaintance and ran into the building…