26 NY3d 375 (2015); See People v Conceicao, [Perez], [Sanchez], People v 26 NY3d 1063 (2015); 26 NY3d 1052 Pellegrino, People v Sougou, [Thompson], (2015) cases indicate that the record should show that the defendant is (These actively represented by an attorney, that the defendant had a fair opportunity to consult with his lawyer about the plea and its consequences, and, if so, that the plea is in satisfaction of a more serious charge). The specification of the rights included within the waiver of the right to a trial are derived from 395 U.S. 238 (1969). The Court of Appeals Boykin v. Alabama, has held that the failure to recite those rights in haec verba will not render the plea invalid if a whole affirmatively shows that the defendant “record as intentionally relinquished those rights." cases cited in note 1. Needless to add, See it is best to advise the defendant expressly of the rights waived both for the and to avoid necessitating an appellate court having to search defendant’s benefit the record to determine whether the defendant somehow intentionally waive those rights.
See People v Conceicao, [Perez], [Sanchez], 26 NY3d 375 (2015); People v Pellegrino, 26 NY3d 1063 (2015); People v Sougou, [Thompson], 26 NY3d 1052 (2015) (These cases indicate that the record should show that the defendant is actively represented by an attorney, that the defendant had a fair opportunity to consult with his lawyer about the plea and its consequences, and, if so, that the plea is in satisfaction of a more serious charge). The specification of the rights included within the waiver of the right to a trial are derived from Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969). The Court of Appeals has held that the failure to recite those rights in haec verba will not render the plea invalid if “record as a whole affirmatively shows that the defendant intentionally relinquished those rights." See cases cited in note 1. Needless to add, it is best to advise the defendant expressly of the rights waived both for the defendant’s benefit and to avoid necessitating an appellate court having to search the record to determine whether the defendant somehow intentionally waive those rights.
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