Court of Appeals of New York

Conviction and sentencing of defendant for first degree manslaughter is reversed where allocution plea by defendant was not the product of a voluntary and rational choice because record does not establish that he was aware of the nature and character of an Alford plea.

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• Decided 03/29/2011
• Published 03/29/2011

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