PEOPLE v. MERAN

5730/10, 1807, 2156/11, 1806.

143 A.D.3d 423 (2016)

2016 NY Slip Op 06450

38 N.Y.S.3d 189

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ESMERLIN MERAN, Appellant.

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

Decided October 4, 2016.


Defendant did not make a valid waiver of his right to appeal either his trial or plea convictions, since the colloquy with defendant was inadequate and the written waivers failed to overcome this inadequacy. However, we find no basis for reversal of either conviction.

The verdict convicting defendant of evidence tampering was not against the weight of the evidence. After the codefendant cleaned a knife with which he stabbed one of the victims, defendant's acts of...

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