PEOPLE v. THIGPEN-WILLIAMS

795 KA 19-00166.

198 A.D.3d 1366 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 663

2021 NY Slip Op 05429

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Thigpen-Williams, Also Known as Charles Gus Thigpen Williams, Also Known as "Gus," Also Known as "Gusto," Appellant.

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

Decided October 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO ( ALLYSON KEHL-WIERZBOWSKI OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

LAWRENCE FRIEDMAN , DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BATAVIA ( ROBERT J. SHOEMAKER OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

Present— Centra, J.P., Lindley, Troutman, Bannister and DeJoseph, JJ.


It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously reversed as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice and on the law, the plea is vacated, and the matter is remitted to Genesee County Court for further proceedings on the indictment.

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (Penal Law § 220.06[5]), defendant contends that his...

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