Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Faiz Hassan, Also Known as James Samuel, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-12-29
Citations: 79 A.D.2d 713
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Faiz Hassan, Also Known as James Samuel, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 79
Pages: 713–713

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Faiz Hassan, Also Known as James Samuel, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Kings County, both rendered June 15, 1979, upon resentence, convicting him of two counts of robbery in the first degree, upon pleas of guilty, and imposing sentences. Judgments reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the' interest of justice, guilty pleas vacated, and case remanded to Criminal Term for further proceedings consistent herewith. The Assistant District Attorney assigned to this case for the appeal points out that during defendant's allocution prior to the acceptance of his pleas of guilty to robbery in the first degree under two indictments, defendant stated that during both robberies the gun used by him and the codefendant was unloaded. In view of such utterance the court should have informed the defendant that he had raised an affirmative defense to robbery in the first degree (Penal Law, § 160.15, subd 4), and then conducted a further inquiry (see People v Serrano, 15 NY2d 304; People v Colon, 75 AD2d 771). Mollen, P. J., Titone, Margett and Weinstein, JJ., concur.