PEOPLE v. LIGHTFOOT


306 A.D.2d 107 (2003)

759 N.Y.S.2d 871

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BILLY LIGHTFOOT, Appellant.

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

Decided June 12, 2003.


Defendant received effective assistance of counsel in connection with his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. This motion was both facially meritless and negated by defendant's plea allocution. When the substitute attorney appointed for the purpose of representing defendant in connection with his plea withdrawal motion candidly informed the court that, based upon his review of all the materials and the plea minutes, there was no good faith basis upon which to make such a...

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