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People v. Bentley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 6, 1996
227 A.D.2d 411 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

May 6, 1996

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


Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by reversing the conviction for the violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 376, vacating the fine imposed thereon, and dismissing that count of the indictment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.

Upon our review of the record, we find that the defendant voluntarily and intelligently waived his right to appeal the judgment of conviction after a jury trial in exchange for a lesser sentence. Accordingly, he cannot now challenge the propriety of either the prosecutor's conduct or the court's charge ( see, People v. Seaberg, 74 N.Y.2d 1; People v. Clark, 223 A.D.2d 722; People v. Brewley, 211 A.D.2d 805).

That count of the indictment charging a violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 376 must, however, be dismissed as jurisdictionally defective, as the People correctly concede ( see, People v. Iannone, 45 N.Y.2d 589; People v. Aponte, 212 A.D.2d 157). Thompson, J.P., Hart, Goldstein and McGinity, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Bentley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 6, 1996
227 A.D.2d 411 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

People v. Bentley

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER BENTLEY…

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

Date published: May 6, 1996

Citations

227 A.D.2d 411 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
642 N.Y.S.2d 321

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