MATTER OF A.


216 A.D.2d 227 (1995)

628 N.Y.S.2d 698

In the Matter of Melvin A., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant

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

June 29, 1995


While a plea of guilty constitutes a forfeiture of any claims that might have been made under the speedy fact-finding provisions of the Family Court Act, it is without prejudice to a postjudgment application challenging its voluntariness (Matter of Christopher F., 126 A.D.2d 975). Where the guilty plea is defective, and therefore a nullity, the plea does not constitute a waiver (see, Matter of Gregory C.,

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