PEOPLE v. JAMES


192 A.D.2d 555 (1993)

596 N.Y.S.2d 100

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William James, Appellant

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

April 5, 1993


Ordered that the judgment is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice by reducing the sentence for murder in the second degree to 15 years to life imprisonment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.

We agree with the defendant that under the circumstances of this case, his plea of guilty does not preclude our review of his claim that he was denied his right to testify before the Grand Jury, because that claim is based upon an assertion that...

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