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THE DEFENSE HAD SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER THE JUDGE’S SENTENCE-PROMISE MISTAKE, THEREFORE THE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENT APPLIED TO DEFENDANT’S CHALLENGE TO THE VALIDITY OF HIS GUILTY PLEA.

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Abdus-Salaam, over a two-judge dissenting opinion, reversing the Appellate Division, determined defendant’s failure to preserve his challenge to the validity of his guilty plea precluded review in the Court of Appeals. The matter was remitted to the Appellate Division which could entertain the appeal under its interest of justice jurisdiction. The opinion attempts to clarify when a defendant “lacks a reasonable opportunity to object to a fundamental defect in the plea” such that the preservation requirement does not apply. Here the sentencing court made an initial mistake indicating defendant’s sentence would be three years, where the minimum sentence was six years. Defendant argued that his guilty plea was induced by the judge’s mistake. The Court of Appeals found there were many subsequent opportunities to discover the mistake and preserve the error. The defendant violated the terms of his release pending sentencing, an Outley hearing was held, and a six-year sentence, described as an “enhanced sentence,” was ultimately imposed:

… [T]he defense had multiple opportunities to preserve defendant’s current challenge to his plea and seek clarification of the matter, as such opportunities arose from, inter alia: the court’s comment at the plea proceeding about its uncertainty of the legality of the promised sentencing options; the court’s statements at the plea proceeding about the determinative nature of defendant’s predicate felony offender status; the numerous adjournments, the Outley hearing and the post-hearing court appearance that transpired between the plea and sentencing proceedings, which could have allowed counsel and defendant to inquire further into the legality of the promised sentencing options and defendant’s understanding of the plea; and the court’s comments at sentencing, which offered an opening for counsel to confirm the legality of the court’s sentencing options and its effect on the validity of the plea. By failing to seize upon these opportunities to object or seek additional pertinent information, defense counsel failed to preserve defendant’s claim for appellate review … . People v Williams, 2016 NY Slip Op 02551, CtApp 4-5-16

CRIMINAL LAW (PRESERVATION OF ERROR, THE DEFENSE HAD SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER THE JUDGE’S SENTENCE-PROMISE MISTAKE, THEREFORE THE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENT APPLIED TO DEFENDANT’S CHALLENGE TO THE VALIDITY OF HIS GUILTY PLEA)/APPEALS (PRESERVATION OF ERROR, THE DEFENSE HAD SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER THE JUDGE’S SENTENCE-PROMISE MISTAKE, THEREFORE THE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENT APPLIED TO DEFENDANT’S CHALLENGE TO THE VALIDITY OF HIS GUILTY PLEA)/PLEA BARGAIN (PRESERVATION OF ERROR, THE DEFENSE HAD SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER THE JUDGE’S SENTENCE-PROMISE MISTAKE, THEREFORE THE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENT APPLIED TO DEFENDANT’S CHALLENGE TO THE VALIDITY OF HIS GUILTY PLEA)/PRESERVATION OF ERROR (THE DEFENSE HAD SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCOVER THE JUDGE’S SENTENCE-PROMISE MISTAKE, THEREFORE THE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENT APPLIED TO DEFENDANT’S CHALLENGE TO THE VALIDITY OF HIS GUILTY PLEA)

April 5, 2016
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