PEOPLE v. THOMAS

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34 N.Y.3d 545 (2019)

144 N.E.3d 970

122 N.Y.S.3d 226

2019 NY Slip Op 08545

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. VICTOR THOMAS, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. NICOLE L. GREEN, Also Known as NICOLE GREEN, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STORM U. LANG, Also Known as STORM U.J. LANG, Also Known as STORM LANG, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided November 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Case LLP, New York City ( Louis O'Neill , Christopher Volpe , Seok Ho Richard Kang , Michelle Lee and Michaela Pickus of counsel), and Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City, for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Darcel D. Clark , District Attorney, Bronx ( Justin J. Braun , Samuel L. Yellen and Nancy D. Killian of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, New York City ( Ursula Bentele , Erin Tomlinson and Richard Joselson of counsel), for the Criminal Appeals Bureau of the Legal Aid Society, amicus curiae, in the first above-entitled action.

David C. Schopp , Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo ( James M. Specyal , Timothy P Murphy , Michael S. Deal and Susan C. Ministero of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Lawrence Friedman , District Attorney, Batavia ( Shirley A. Gorman of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Scott M. Danner and Edward E. Smith , New York City, for New York County Lawyers Association Committee on Appellate Courts, amicus curiae, in the second above-entitled action.

David C. Schopp , Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo ( Susan C. Ministero and Timothy P Murphy of counsel), for appellant in the third above-entitled action.

Lawrence Friedman , District Attorney, Batavia ( Shirley A. Gorman of counsel), for respondent in the third above-entitled action.


OPINION OF THE COURT

In these three consolidated appeals, the defendants' written waivers of the right to appeal contained mischaracterizations of the scope of the appellate rights waived as a condition of the plea bargains. In two of the three cases, the trial courts...

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