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PEOPLE v. FIUMEFREDDO

82 N.Y.2d 536 (1993)

626 N.E.2d 646

605 N.Y.S.2d 671

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joan Fiumefreddo, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 16, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary-Carroll Rothwell, New York City, and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

William L. Murphy, District Attorney of Richmond County, Staten Island (Yolanda L. Rudich, Karen F. McGee and Jonathan J. Silbermann of counsel), for respondent.

Kevin Dillon, District Attorney of Erie County, Buffalo, and James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney of Suffolk County, Riverhead (Steven A. Hovani of counsel), for New York State District Attorneys Association, amicus curiae.

Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH and LEVINE concur; Chief Judge KAYE taking no part.

HANCOCK, JR., J.

Defendant was indicted together with her father and other accomplices for second degree murder and other crimes in connection with the death of her husband. She pleaded guilty to the murder count and was sentenced in accordance with a negotiated plea to 18 years to life. At the time set for sentencing she moved unsuccessfully to withdraw her plea, claiming that it was coerced because the favorable...

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