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PEOPLE v. ACHAIBAR

49 A.D.3d 389 (2008)

853 N.Y.S.2d 337

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LESTER ACHAIBAR, Appellant.

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

Decided March 18, 2008.

In order for a guilty plea to be entered knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily, a defendant must be advised of the direct consequences of the plea (People v Ford, 86 N.Y.2d 397, 403 [1995]). Although there is no mandatory catechism, a minimum requirement for a valid plea is that the defendant understands the direct penal consequences (see People v Catu, 4 N.Y.3d 242 [2005]).

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