Legal Opinion

People v. Thomas

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

Decided January 11, 1994PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George Covington, J.), rendered June 25, 1991, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of three counts of attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to three concurrent terms of 8 to 16 years, unanimously affirmed.

We perceive no abuse of discretion in the denial of defendant’s request to withdraw his plea without a hearing.

Defendant’s claim that he was coerced into pleading guilty by either the court or his attorney has no support in the record, the court having accurately advised defendant…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. McClainNew York Court of Appeals · 1974

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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