PEOPLE v. SAMUELS

1367, 2615/09.

143 A.D.3d 401 (2016)

2016 NY Slip Op 06423

38 N.Y.S.3d 541

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. REYNOLD SAMUELS, Appellant.

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

Decided October 4, 2016.


A court considering a CPL 440.10 motion challenging the validity of a plea and raising the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel must be guided by certain principles. The "longstanding test for determining the validity of a guilty plea is whether the plea represents a voluntary and intelligent choice among the alternative courses of action open to the defendant" (Hill v Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52, 56 [1985] [internal quotation marks...

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