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DEFENDANT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPLAIN WHY HE WANTED TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA; MATTER REMITTED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, over a two-justice dissent, remitting the matter to Supreme Court to allow defendant to explain his desire to withdraw his plea, determined the sentencing court should not have prevented defendant from giving his reasons:

The court convened for sentencing, at which time defense counsel stated that defendant wanted to withdraw the plea, explaining that defendant had done his own legal research and determined that the appeal waiver encompassed issues that he wanted to raise on appeal. Defense counsel asked to be relieved due to an unspecified conflict of interest. Defense counsel, speaking in hypothetical terms, argued that withdrawal of the plea may be justified if defendant did not receive meaningful representation. The court questioned defendant directly. Defendant confirmed that he wanted to withdraw his plea. The prosecutor then asked the court to inquire into defendant’s grounds for the motion. Defense counsel objected, and the court ruled in defense counsel’s favor, apparently on the ground that such questioning might impermissibly intrude on privileged conversations. “[T]hat’s something you’d have to talk to a lawyer about,” the court explained, “[b]ut I’m going to deny that request.” The court added that defendant had executed a written appeal waiver. Defendant began to explain why he had executed the waiver, but the court stopped him from doing so, stating, “It’s not your turn to talk right now.” …

Although we agree with our dissenting colleagues that defense counsel did not take a position adverse to defendant, under the circumstances of this case, we conclude that the court erroneously deprived defendant of a reasonable opportunity to present his contentions in support of his motion to withdraw the plea … . People v Ramos, 2020 NY Slip Op 03364, Fourth Dept 6-12-20

 

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