PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 36.

27 N.Y.3d 212 (2016)

51 N.E.3d 528

32 N.Y.S.3d 17

2016 NY Slip Op 02551

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided April 5, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Beth Fisch Cohen and Christopher P. Marinelli of counsel), for appellant.

The Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Anita Aboagye-Agyeman of counsel), and Richard M. Greenberg , Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City ( Alexandra Keeling of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DIFIORE and Judges PIGOTT, STEIN and GARCIA concur; Judge RIVERA dissents and votes to affirm in an opinion in which Judge FAHEY concurs.


OPINION OF THE COURT

When a defendant pleads guilty to a crime, he or she generally must move to withdraw the plea or otherwise object to its entry prior to the imposition of sentence to preserve a challenge to the validity of the plea for appellate review (see People...

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