Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Mojica, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-06-13
Citations: 205 A.D.2d 645
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Mojica, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 205
Pages: 645–645

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Mojica, Appellant.
[613 NYS2d 411]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Harkavy, J.), rendered August 3, 1993, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the sentence imposed; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, to give the defendant an opportunity to withdraw his plea.
As part of a plea agreement, the court improperly agreed to place the defendant on interim probation by postponing his sentence to allow him to enter a drug treatment program, and promising him that it would vacate his guilty plea if he successfully completed the program (see, People v Rodney E., 77 NY2d 672; People v Johnson, 197 AD2d 638; People v Rodriguez, 202 AD2d 698). Accordingly, the defendant must be given an opportunity to withdraw his plea. Mangano, P. J., Balletta, O'Brien, Hart and Florio, JJ., concur.