Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, and action remitted to the Criminal Term for the purpose of (a) holding a hearing upon defendant's motion to withdraw his plea of guilty and (b) making a determination thereon de novo.
On this record, it is our opinion that the trial court should not have denied defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea without inquiring into the truth of his allegation that the plea had been induced by a threat of a much heavier...
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