People v. Rodriguez
| Court | New York Supreme Court Appellate Division |
| Citation | 142 A.D.3d 1189,2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 06240,38 N.Y.S.3d 224 |
| Parties | The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Jose RODRIGUEZ, appellant. |
| Decision Date | 28 September 2016 |
142 A.D.3d 1189
38 N.Y.S.3d 224
2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 06240
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent,
v.
Jose RODRIGUEZ, appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Sept. 28, 2016.
Laurette Mulry, Riverhead, NY (Alfred J. Cicale of counsel), for appellant.
Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, NY (Grazia DiVicenzo of counsel), for respondent.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P., ROBERT J. MILLER, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, and FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Toomey, J.), rendered December 20, 2013, as amended June 13, 2014, convicting him of assault in the second degree, assault in the third degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, criminal mischief in the fourth degree, and aggravated harassment in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment, as amended, is affirmed.
The defendant was charged with assault in the second degree, assault in the third degree, unauthorized use of a vehicle in the first degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, criminal mischief in the fourth degree, and aggravated harassment in the second degree. The defendant, represented by counsel, pleaded guilty to every count in the indictment. After he pleaded guilty, but before he was sentenced, the defendant moved to withdraw his plea. The County Court denied the defendant's motion without a hearing, and imposed sentence.
After he was sentenced, the defendant moved, inter alia, pursuant to CPL 440.20 to set aside the sentence imposed on the conviction of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the first degree. On June 13, 2014, upon that motion and upon an application by the People, the County Court vacated the conviction of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the first degree and the sentence imposed thereon, and dismissed that count of the indictment.
The defendant's contention that the County Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying, without a hearing, his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty is without merit. “The decision to permit a defendant to withdraw a previously entered plea of guilty rests within the sound discretion of the
County Court and generally will not be disturbed absent an improvident exercise of discretion” (People v. Douglas, 83 A.D.3d 1092...
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