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People v. Falkenstein

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 6, 1985
111 A.D.2d 183 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

Opinion

May 6, 1985

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Tomei, J.).


Judgment affirmed.

Defendant agreed to a trial by the court pursuant to his signing of a written waiver of a jury trial. Following the complainant's testimony, he interrupted the trial to enter a plea of guilty. At that time, the court informed him of the ramifications of his plea and the sentence he would receive.

Five months prior to the instant crime, on a plea of guilty to sexual abuse in the first degree, the defendant had received a probationary sentence with the provision that he attend Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for psychiatric treatment. He failed to abide by the lenient terms of his probation. In view of the defendant's prior history, the sentence herein cannot be considered excessive. Nor was there an abuse of discretion in denying his application to withdraw his plea. We find that the other arguments raised by defendant are without merit. Titone, J.P., Mangano, Weinstein and Kunzeman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Falkenstein

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 6, 1985
111 A.D.2d 183 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)
Case details for

People v. Falkenstein

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. NEAL FALKENSTEIN…

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

Date published: May 6, 1985

Citations

111 A.D.2d 183 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

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