People v. Mitchell
Decision Date | 29 November 1982 |
Citation | 456 N.Y.S.2d 107,90 A.D.2d 854 |
Parties | The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Kevin MITCHELL, Appellant. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Duane C. Felton, Staten Island, for appellant.
Elizabeth Holtzman, Dist. Atty., Brooklyn (Barbara D. Underwood, Lois Raff and Stephanie L. Morse, Asst. Dist. Attys., Brooklyn, of counsel), for respondent.
Before DAMIANI, J.P., and MANGANO, GIBBONS and GULOTTA, JJ.
MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered July 30, 1981, convicting him of attempted robbery in the second degree, upon a plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
The court did not accept defendant's guilty plea until it was satisfied that the plea was voluntarily and intelligently made. Defendant had already had an examination pursuant to CPL article 730 and no new evidence was presented to indicate that he was in need of further examination. Defendant did not present a history of mental illness which would have required the court to exercise additional caution in determining whether to accept his plea (cf. People v. Bangert, 22 N.Y.2d 799, 292 N.Y.S.2d 900, 239 N.E.2d 644; People v. Greenwood, 54 A.D.2d 1123, 388 N.Y.S.2d 796). Further, it is merely speculative that counsel should have moved to withdraw the guilty...
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