PEOPLE v. FISHER

No. 355/05, 81

70 A.D.3d 114 (2009)

890 N.Y.S.2d 477

2009 NY Slip Op 8704

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSEPH FISHER, Appellant.

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

Decided November 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noah A. Kinigstein, New York City, for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Sheila O'Shea of counsel), for respondent.

FRIEDMAN, J.P., and DeGRASSE, J., concur with CATTERSON, J.; NARDELLI, J., dissents in a separate opinion.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CATTERSON, J.

This appeal arises out of a judgment of conviction upon the defendant's plea of guilty to certain felony charges related to an incident on January 15, 2005. On appeal, the defendant claims that he should be permitted to withdraw his guilty plea and that his conviction should be vacated on the grounds, inter alia, that it was the product of undue coercion by the court.

Although the defendant neither sought to withdraw...

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