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GUILTY PLEA VACATED IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE, COLLOQUY DID NOT INFORM DEFENDANT OF ALL THE RIGHTS SHE WAS GIVING UP (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing County Court and vacating defendant’s guilty plea, over a two-justice concurrence and a dissent, exercised its interest of justice appellate jurisdiction because defendant was not fully informed of the rights she was giving up by entering a guilty plea. The concurrence argued that the potential consequences of the relief granted by an appellate court should not be part of the equation in exercising the interest of justice jurisdiction. The majority noted that defendant had already served her sentence and will now face the original charges. The dissent argued this was not an appropriate case for invoking the interest of justice appellate jurisdiction:

In a notably brief plea colloquy, County Court advised defendant that, by pleading guilty, she would forever relinquish “the right to go to trial, the right to testify, to call witnesses, [and to] cross-examine the People’s witness[es].” There was no discussion of the privilege against self-incrimination or the right to be tried by a jury, nor was there any inquiry into whether defendant had conferred with counsel and understood the constitutional rights that she was automatically waiving by pleading guilty … . “While there is no mandatory catechism required of a pleading defendant, there must be an affirmative showing on the record that the defendant waived his or her constitutional rights” … . As this record contains no such showing, the guilty plea is invalid … . People v Glover, 2019 NY Slip Op 05587, Third Dept 7-11-19

 

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