New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore. Photo: Tim Roske
Chief Judge Janet DiFiore wrote in a concurring opinion, separate from a one-paragraph memorandum by the majority, that allowing defendants to plead guilty to a higher-level, insufficient charge, rather than a valid, lower-level charge, wasn’t fair.
October 29, 2019 at 01:23 PM
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The New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that local criminal courts can’t allow defendants to plead guilty to the highest charge against them—in place of lower charges—if those allegations are deficient on their face.
The Court of Appeals was sharply split, with four of its seven judges agreed that an appellate court correctly threw out a defendant’s conviction based on questionable claims.
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