Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Diaz, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-06-07
Citations: 41 A.D.3d 159
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Diaz, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 41
Pages: 159–159

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Diaz, Appellant.
[837 NYS2d 121]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Cataldo, J.), rendered November 20, 2002, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of burglary in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 12 years, unanimously reversed, on the law, the plea vacated and the matter remanded to Supreme Court, New York County for further proceedings.
Defendant entered his guilty plea in consideration of a promise that he would receive a sentence to run concurrently with the sentence to be imposed for his Kings County conviction. Since that conviction has been reversed on appeal, he is entitled to withdraw his plea (People v Rowland, 8 NY3d 342 [2007]). In light of this determination, defendant's other challenge to his guilty plea is academic.
Defendant's suppression claim is without merit. Concur— Mazzarelli, J.P., Andrias, Gonzalez, Catterson and Malone, JJ.