PEOPLE v. SERRANO


15 N.Y.2d 304 (1965)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Fernando Serrano, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Zuckerman for appellant.

Isidore Dollinger, District Attorney (Irving Anolik and Walter E. Dillon of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges BURKE and BERGAN concur with Judge FULD; Judges DYE, VAN VOORHIS and SCILEPPI dissent and vote to affirm.


FULD, J.

The principal question presented is whether a judgment of conviction, entered upon a plea of guilty to a particular crime, may stand where the record discloses that, before accepting the plea, the court elicited information from the defendant which cast doubt upon his guilt of the crime to which he pleaded.

The defendant, accused of shooting and killing one Gilberto Bonilla, was indicted for...

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