Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Elaine Marchetti, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-03-09
Citations: 27 A.D.3d 254
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Elaine Marchetti, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 254–254

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Elaine Marchetti, Appellant.
[809 NYS2d 911]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bernard J. Fried, J., at plea; Micki Scherer, J., at sentence), rendered July 28, 2004, convicting defendant, upon her plea of guilty, of reckless endangerment in the first degree, and sentencing her to a term of six months concurrent with five years' probation, unanimously affirmed.
The record establishes the voluntariness of the plea (see People v Fiumefreddo, 82 NY2d 536 [1993]). On the totality of the record, defendant unequivocally acknowledged her guilt. During the allocution, the court asked appropriate clarifying questions that elicited defendant's unequivocal admission to the crime charged (see People v Lopez, 71 NY2d 662, 666 [1988]). Accordingly, the plea court properly denied defendant's motion to withdraw her plea. Concur—Buckley, P.J., Marlow, Sullivan, Catterson and McGuire, JJ.