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DEFENSE COUNSEL’S TAKING A POSITION ADVERSE TO DEFENDANT’S PRO SE MOTION TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA VIOLATED DEFENDANT’S RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined defense counsel violated defendant’s right to effective assistance of counsel by taking a position adverse to defendant’s pro se motion to vacate his guilty plea:

Defense counsel’s repeated assertions that there was no basis for defendant’s motion and that his plea had been entered knowingly and voluntarily created a conflict of interest between him and defendant, thereby giving rise to County Court’s obligation to assign new counsel before deciding the motion … . Accordingly, we vacate the sentence and remit the matter for assignment of new counsel and reconsideration of defendant’s motion. People v Faulkner, 2019 NY Slip Op 00645, Third Dept 1-31-19

 

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