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PEOPLE v. KEIZER

100 N.Y.2d 114 (2003)

790 N.E.2d 1149

760 N.Y.S.2d 720

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MORGAN KEIZER, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. JOHNNIE PITTMAN, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 8, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society, New York City (Lawrence T. Hausman, Andrew C. Fine and Rosali Vazquez of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Carol A. Remer-Smith and Gina Mignola of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Francis D. Phillips, II, District Attorney, Goshen (Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Legal Aid Society, Goshen (Steven Brockett of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges CIPARICK, WESLEY, ROSENBLATT, GRAFFEO and READ concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SMITH, J.

The issue common to both appeals is whether there is a jurisdictional defect that can be raised following defendants' pleas. In both cases, we conclude that there was no jurisdictional defect, and that defendants forfeited their claims by their pleas.

I.

People v Keizer

Defendant Morgan Keizer was charged by misdemeanor complaint with petit larceny...

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