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DEFENDANT NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN HIS REQUEST TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA, DEFENSE COUNSEL INDICATED THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE WITHDRAWAL, MATTER REMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUEST WITH NEW COUNSEL (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined defendant should have been given an opportunity to explain the reasons for his request to withdraw his plea and defense counsel should not have indicated he did not believe there was a basis for the request. Matter was remitted for consideration of the request with new counsel:

“The nature and extent of the fact-finding procedures prerequisite to the disposition of [motions to withdraw a plea of guilty] rest largely in the discretion of the Judge to whom the motion is made” … . While in “rare instance[s]” a defendant will be entitled to an evidentiary hearing, often “a limited interrogation by the court will suffice” … , and when a motion “is patently insufficient on its face, a court may simply deny the motion without making any inquiry” … . Nevertheless, “[t]he defendant should be afforded reasonable opportunity to present his contentions and the court should [*2]be enabled to make an informed determination” … .

Moreover, “a defendant has a right to the effective assistance of counsel on his or her motion to withdraw a guilty plea” … . Counsel “takes a position adverse to his client,” depriving him or her of meaningful representation, “when stating that the defendant’s motion lacks merit” … . People v Caputo, 2018 NY Slip Op 05481, Second Dept 7-25-18

CRIMINAL LAW (DEFENDANT NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN HIS REQUEST TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA, DEFENSE COUNSEL INDICATED THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE WITHDRAWAL, MATTER REMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUEST WITH NEW COUNSEL (SECOND DEPT))/ATTORNEYS (CRIMINAL LAW, DEFENDANT NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN HIS REQUEST TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA, DEFENSE COUNSEL INDICATED THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE WITHDRAWAL, MATTER REMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUEST WITH NEW COUNSEL (SECOND DEPT))/PLEA, WITHDRAWAL OF  (DEFENDANT NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN HIS REQUEST TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA, DEFENSE COUNSEL INDICATED THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE WITHDRAWAL, MATTER REMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUEST WITH NEW COUNSEL (SECOND DEPT))

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