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Defendant Would Not Admit to the Commission of Certain Elements of the Offense to Which He Pled Guilty—Vacation of Plea as Involuntary Was Required, Despite Lack of Preservation and a Waiver of Appeal

The Third Department determined defendant’s guilty plea must be vacated, despite a failure to preserve the error and a waiver of appeal. During the plea allocution, defendant denied elements of the offense to which he was pleading guilty (strangulation in the second degree). Defendant denied that the victim experienced a loss of consciousness or any injury, and denied he had the intent to impede the breathing of the victim.  The guilty plea, therefore, was not knowing, intelligent and voluntary (constituting an exception to the “preservation of error” requirement):

Although defendant’s challenge to the voluntariness of his plea survives his uncontested waiver of the right to appeal …, it is unpreserved for our review in the absence of an appropriate postallocution motion … . Upon reviewing the record, however, we are persuaded that the narrow exception to the preservation requirement has been triggered here, as defendant made numerous statements during the course of the plea colloquy that negated essential elements of the crime, thereby calling into question the voluntariness of his plea … . * * *

Simply put, defendant’s responses to the questions posed during the plea colloquy negated more than one element of the charged crime, thereby casting doubt upon his guilt. Inasmuch as further inquiry by County Court neither resolved that doubt nor otherwise established that the resulting plea was knowing, intelligent and voluntary … , it should not have been accepted by the court and must now be vacated … . People v Mcmillan, 2015 NY Slip Op 04680, 3rd Dept 6-4-15

 

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