MATTER OF VAN LEER-GREENBERG v. MASSARO


87 N.Y.2d 996 (1996)

665 N.E.2d 188

642 N.Y.S.2d 618

In the Matter of Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg, on Behalf of George Morris, Respondent, v. Dominic R. Massaro, as Justice of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney of Bronx County, Bronx (Allen H. Saperstein, Joseph N. Ferdenzi and Peter D. Coddington of counsel), appellant pro se.

Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg, New York City, respondent pro se.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The judgment of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the petition dismissed.

The CPLR article 78 prohibition proceeding sought (1) to bar respondent Trial Justice from sua sponte vacating defendant Morris's guilty plea, and (2) to compel the Trial Justice to impose the promised sentence on a misdemeanor conviction based on the plea.

Defendant was indicted in December...

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