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People v. Pacheco

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 12, 1985
114 A.D.2d 913 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

Opinion

November 12, 1985

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rotker, J.).


Sentences affirmed.

Defendant failed to meet his burden of proving that his predicate felony conviction was unconstitutionally obtained (see, CPL 400.21 [b]; People v Harris, 61 N.Y.2d 9, 15). To the contrary, it appears that defendant's prior guilty plea was knowingly and voluntarily made, upon the advice of competent counsel whose efforts on defendant's behalf had resulted in a rational plea bargain from which defendant had derived a substantial benefit. Defendant admitted his participation in the crime and acknowledged that his plea was not the product of coercion. Under these circumstances, we find no constitutional infirmity with the prior guilty plea, notwithstanding the court's failure to have specifically enumerated those rights waived by the plea and to have elicited waivers with respect to each (see, People v Harris, supra, at pp 16-17; see also, People v Miller, 110 A.D.2d 857; People v Cummings, 106 A.D.2d 294). Accordingly, defendant was correctly adjudicated a second felony offender. Mangano, J.P., Bracken, O'Connor and Weinstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Pacheco

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 12, 1985
114 A.D.2d 913 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)
Case details for

People v. Pacheco

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CARLOS PACHECO…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Nov 12, 1985

Citations

114 A.D.2d 913 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

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