PEOPLE v. LOPEZ


97 A.D.2d 5 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Lopez, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 10, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Anders for appellant.

Anne Beane Rudman of counsel (Bruce Allen with her on the brief; Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, attorney), for respondent.

MURPHY, P. J., CARRO, SILVERMAN and FEIN, JJ., concur.


ROSS, J.

This court is presented with the issue of whether the unavailability of plea minutes, absent other meritorious grounds for appeal, deprives a defendant of a meaningful review of his conviction, and accordingly mandates either a summary reversal, or at the minimum, a remand for a reconstruction hearing.

At approximately 12:50 P.M. on October 8, 1979, New York City Police Officer Rocco Regina apprehended the defendant and an accomplice...

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