Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, plea vacated, and case remitted to Criminal Term for further proceedings consistent herewith.
The defendant, in pleading guilty to assault in the third degree, gave his version of the facts in such a manner as to indicate that he might have struck the victim in self-defense. The court did not pursue this question further. Under the circumstances, additional inquiry should have...
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