PEOPLE v. KALIN


12 N.Y.3d 225 (2009)

___ N.E.2d ___

___ N.Y.S.2d ___

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. WILLIAM KALIN, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens (William H. Branigan and John M. Castellano of counsel), for appellant.

Lawrence T. Hausman, New York City, Steven Banks and Jonathan Garelick for respondent.

Judges READ, SMITH and PIGOTT concur with Judge GRAFFEO; Judge CIPARICK dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judge JONES concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAFFEO, J.

In this appeal, we are asked whether defendant's entry of a guilty plea forfeited his claim that the misdemeanor information was deficient. We answer that question in the affirmative.

In January 2006, defendant William Kalin was a passenger in an automobile that was stopped by a New York City police officer for having a faulty exhaust system. In the course of the traffic stop, the officer recovered what he believed...

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