Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Reginald Mobley, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-12-01
Citations: 68 A.D.3d 786
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Reginald Mobley, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 68
Pages: 786–786

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Reginald Mobley, Appellant.
[888 NYS2d 898]

Opinion:
In order to be valid, a plea of guilty must be knowing, voluntary, and intelligent (see People v Fiumefreddo, 82 NY2d 536, 543 [1993]). Here, although the defendant's plea allocution clearly implicated an agency defense, the defendant was not advised that he had a possible defense to the charges (see People v Ortega, 53 AD3d 696, 696-697 [2008]; People v Wolcott, 27 AD3d 774, 775 [2006]), and he was never asked whether he had discussed possible defenses with his attorney (cf. People v Phillips, 28 AD3d 939, 940 [2006]). Indeed, the court made no further inquiries into the facts and circumstances despite the defendant's statements which raised the possibility of an agency defense. Under these circumstances, the defendant's plea of guilty was not knowing, voluntary, and intelligent (see People v Rhodes, 62 AD3d 815 [2009]). Rivera, J.P., Covello, Angiolillo, Leventhal and Roman, Jj, concur.