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People v. Edwards

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 28, 1977
58 A.D.2d 957 (N.Y. App. Div. 1977)

Opinion

July 28, 1977


Appeal from a judgment of the Otsego County Court, rendered December 9, 1976, convicting defendant on his plea of guilty of the crime of burglary in the third degree. Defendant, represented by retained counsel, pleaded guilty in satisfaction of the indictments pending against him. The court stated the factual basis of the charges and that a plea of guilty was equivalent to a jury verdict convicting him of the charges. The defendant was also told what sentence would be imposed upon a guilty plea, and such sentence was in fact imposed. The defendant's contentions that he was mentally incompetent to plead, that his legal counsel was inadequate, that a sentencing promise made to him by his retained counsel was broken, are totally without support in the record other than the defendant's self-serving letters written after his plea. The judgment must be affirmed (cf. People v Selikoff, 35 N.Y.2d 227, 241-242; People v Hayes, 55 A.D.2d 691). Judgment affirmed. Koreman, P.J., Kane, Mahoney, Main and Mikoll, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Edwards

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jul 28, 1977
58 A.D.2d 957 (N.Y. App. Div. 1977)
Case details for

People v. Edwards

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ERNEST W. EDWARDS…

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

Date published: Jul 28, 1977

Citations

58 A.D.2d 957 (N.Y. App. Div. 1977)