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PEOPLE v. SOUGOU

Nos. 207 SSM 24, 208 SSM 25

26 N.Y.3d 1052 (2015)

44 N.E.3d 196

2015 NY Slip Op 08617

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MACTAR SOUGOU, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RITA THOMPSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided November 24, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Harold V. Ferguson, Jr. , of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Alan Gadlin and Hilary Hassler of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

The Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Harold V. Ferguson, Jr. , of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City (ManuBalachandran and Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges PIGOTT, RIVERA, ABDUS-SALAAM, STEIN and FAHEY concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The orders of the Appellate Term should be affirmed.

In each of these appeals defendants contend that their respective plea allocutions were insufficient as a matter of law to establish that they pleaded guilty knowingly and intelligently (see Boykin v Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 243 [1969]; People v Harris, 61 N.Y.2d 9, 18 [1983]). We disagree...

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