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DEFENDANT WAS THREATENED WITH A HARSHER SENTENCE SHOULD SHE DECIDE TO GO TO TRIAL; PLEA VACATED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing defendant’s conviction by guilty plea, determined defendant was improperly threatened with a heavier sentence should she decide to go to trial:

At an appearance prior to the plea proceeding, the court stated that, if defendant decided to reject the plea offer and was convicted after trial, it intended to impose the maximum sentence on the top count and consecutive time on an unnamed additional count. At that same appearance, the court said that defendant and her codefendants, who were her sister and brother-in-law, would also be federally prosecuted and that “the evidence is overwhelming here.” It is well settled that “[a] defendant may not be induced to plead guilty by the threat of a heavier sentence if he [or she] decides to proceed to trial” … . Here, we agree with defendant that “the court’s statements do not amount to a description of the range of the potential sentences but, rather, they constitute impermissible coercion, rendering the plea involuntary and requiring its vacatur’ ” … . People v Shields, 2020 NY Slip Op 01767, Fourth Dept 3-13-20

 

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