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THE JUDGE FAILED TO INQUIRE FURTHER DURING THE PLEA ALLOCUTION WHEN DEFENDANT SAID HE DID NOT VIOLATE THE ORDER OF PROTECTION INTENTIONALLY; THERE IS NO NEED TO PRESERVE A DEFECTIVE-ALLOCUTION ERROR; CONVICTION REVERSED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing defendant’s conviction of an aggravated family offense by guilty plea, determined the judge should have inquired further when defendant stated he did not intend to violate the order of protection when he sent a letter to the protected person. A defective allocution will be considered on appeal in the absence of preservation:

… [A]fter acknowledging his awareness of the valid and effective order of protection directing him to have no contact with the protected person, defendant stated that he “didn’t intentionally violate” the order of protection by sending the protected person a letter and instead asserted that any violation “was unintentional.” Following an off-the-record discussion between defendant and defense counsel, defendant admitted that sending the letter did, in fact, violate the order of protection, but the court did not inquire, and defendant never clarified, whether his conscious objective was to disobey the order of protection … . Contrary to the People’s assertion, which “conflates the culpable mental states for acts done ‘intentionally’ … and those done ‘knowingly’ … , this is not a case in which defendant’s “further statements removed any doubt regarding th[e requisite] intent” … . People v Vanwuyckhuyse, 2023 NY Slip Op 00754, Fourth Dept 2-10-23

Practice Point: The defendant said he did not intend to violate the order of protection during the plea allocution and the judge did not make the required inquiry. An allocution error need not be preserved for appeal by moving to withdraw the plea. The conviction was reversed.

 

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