People v. Renvill

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Renvill

2017 NY Slip Op 5921, 153 A.D.3d 420, 60 N.Y.S.3d 36

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedAugust 1, 2017

Docket2058/10 -3960B 3960A 3960

StatusPublished

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People v. Renvill, 2017 NY Slip Op 5921, 153 A.D.3d 420, 60 N.Y.S.3d 36 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2017).

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Judgments, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven L. Barrett, J.), rendered May 10, 2013, convicting defendant, upon his pleas of guilty, of reckless endangerment in the first degree, assault in the third degree, resisting arrest and bail jumping in the third degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of two to six years, unanimously reversed, on the law, the pleas vacated, and the matter remanded for further proceedings.

The court improperly denied defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty pleas. The record, viewed as a whole, demonstrates that defendant lacked sufficient information about the potential scope of sentencing in the event he violated the plea agreement (see People v McAlpin, 17 NY3d 936, 938 [2011]). Although the court clearly told defendant that he was pleading guilty to a class D felony, reckless endangerment in the first degree, its repeated statements, over the course of multiple court appearances, that defendant’s sentence would involve “jail” time, and *421 its failure to clearly apprise defendant that he could receive a state prison sentence, and the potential maximum term thereof, if he violated the plea agreement, taken together, rendered his pleas unknowing and involuntary (see People v Ziegler, 149 AD3d 634 [1st Dept 2017]; People v Shanks, 115 AD3d 538 [1st Dept 2014]).

In light of the foregoing, we do not reach defendant’s alternative arguments.

Concur — Sweeny, J.P., Richter, Andrias and Kahn, JJ.

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Judgments, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven L. Barrett, J.), rendered May 10, 2013, convicting defendant, upon his pleas of guilty, of reckless endangerment in the first degree, assault in the third degree, resisting arrest and bail jumping in the third degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of two to six years, unanimously reversed, on the law, the pleas vacated, and the matter remanded for further proceedings.

The court improperly denied defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty pleas. The record, viewed as a whole, demonstrates that defendant lacked sufficient information about the potential scope of sentencing in the event he violated the plea agreement (see People v McAlpin, 17 NY3d 936, 938 [2011]). Although the court clearly told defendant that he was pleading guilty to a class D felony, reckless endangerment in the first degree, its repeated statements, over the course of multiple court appearances, that defendant’s sentence would involve “jail” time, and *421 its failure to clearly apprise defendant that he could receive a state prison sentence, and the potential maximum term thereof, if he violated the plea agreement, taken together, rendered his pleas unknowing and involuntary (see People v Ziegler, 149 AD3d 634 [1st Dept 2017]; People v Shanks, 115 AD3d 538 [1st Dept 2014]).

In light of the foregoing, we do not reach defendant’s alternative arguments.

Concur — Sweeny, J.P., Richter, Andrias and Kahn, JJ.

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2017 NY Slip Op 5921, 153 A.D.3d 420, 60 N.Y.S.3d 36, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-renvill-nyappdiv-2017.

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