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THE THIRD DEPT EXERCISED ITS INTEREST OF JUSTICE JURISDICTION AND VACATED DEFENDANT’S PLEA BECAUSE HE WAS NOT ADEQUATELY INFORMED OF THE RIGHTS HE WAS GIVING UP BY PLEADING GUILTY, TWO JUSTICE DISSENT (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, vacating defendant’s guilty plea, exercising its interest of justice jurisdiction, over a two-justice dissent, determined defendant was not adequately informed of the rights he was giving up by pleading guilty:

Defendant contends that his plea was not knowing, voluntary and intelligent because County Court failed to advise him of the constitutional rights he was waiving by pleading guilty. Although defendant failed to preserve this contention for our review through an appropriate postallocution motion … , we nonetheless exercise our interest of justice jurisdiction to take corrective action and reverse the judgment … . …

… [D]uring the abbreviated plea colloquy, County Court briefly advised defendant that, if he were to plead guilty, he would be giving up his “right to a trial, . . . the right to testify at that trial, to call witnesses and to cross-examine the People’s witnesses.” Significantly, County Court did not advise defendant that he had a right to a jury trial or that he would be waiving the privilege against self-incrimination by entering a guilty plea … . Further, the court failed to obtain any assurance that defendant had discussed with counsel the trial-related rights that are automatically forfeited by pleading guilty or the constitutional implications of a guilty plea … .

From the dissent:

… .[W]e do not think that the unpreserved error cited by the majority, standing alone, necessitates this Court exercising its interest of justice jurisdiction to reverse the judgment of conviction as there is nothing compelling about this case that “cries out for fundamental justice beyond the confines of conventional considerations” … . People v Demkovich, 2019 NY Slip Op 00326, Third Dept 1-17-19

 

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