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People v. Brunson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Nov 29, 2016
2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 7992 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

1814/12 2303 2324/13 2302

11-29-2016

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hakim Brunson, also known as Shakim Brunson, Defendant-Appellant.

Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Allen Fallek of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Diane N. Princ of counsel), for respondent.


Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Allen Fallek of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Diane N. Princ of counsel), for respondent.

Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Jill Konviser, J.), rendered July 29, 2014, convicting defendant, upon his guilty pleas, of burglary in the third degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of two to four years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's motion to vacate his guilty plea under his burglary indictment (see generally People v Frederick , 45 NY2d 520 [1978]). Defendant's claims of innocence were contradictory or unfounded, and his claim that he was mentally unfit to take the plea due to his alleged failure to take prescribed antipsychotic medication was refuted by the plea allocution and the court's recollection of defendant's demeanor.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: NOVEMBER 29, 2016

CLERK


Summaries of

People v. Brunson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Nov 29, 2016
2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 7992 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)
Case details for

People v. Brunson

Case Details

Full title:The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hakim Brunson, also…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 29, 2016

Citations

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 7992 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)