People v. McKennion
This text of 261 N.E.2d 910 (People v. McKennion) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New York Court of Appeals primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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Memorandum. Judgment reversed and the case remitted to the Supreme Court, New York County, for a hearing to determine appellant’s application to withdraw his plea of guilty. Where, after a plea of guilty has been entered, and before sen[673]*673tence, defendant states to the court he is not guilty, or that he believes he is not guilty, the rule, has developed that the court should not, except in extraordinary circumstances, then impose sentence, but either grant an application to allow the plea to be withdrawn; or conduct a hearing to determine whether the application has merit (People v. Beasley, 25 N Y 2d 483; People v. Nixon, 21 N Y 2d 338; People v. Serrano, 15 N Y 2d 304).
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261 N.E.2d 910, 27 N.Y.2d 671, 313 N.Y.S.2d 876, 1970 N.Y. LEXIS 1163, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-mckennion-ny-1970.