People v. Francis

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1975-12-02

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Fuchsberg, J. We are here presented with the question of *152 whether a Judge, in accepting a plea of guilty to a class E felony, where defendant has been charged with a class D felony, must warn the defendant that the law under which he has been charged is ambiguous and might support only a misdemeanor charge. Defendant was arrested for carrying a gun…

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