Matter of Kisloff v. Covington – Case Brief Summary (New York)

In Matter of Kisloff v. Covington, 73 NY2d 445, 539 NE2d 565, 541 NYS2d 737 [1989], the Court of Appeals rejected the People's post-judgment effort to vacate a plea that had been accepted at a time when all parties were laboring under the misimpression that the crime to which the defendant had pleaded was a class E felony when, in fact, it was a class A misdemeanor.

As a result of the error, the defendant's request to be resentenced as a class A misdemeanor had to be granted, and the People were deprived of the benefit of the plea bargain to which they had agreed.

New York Appeal Case Brief Crime Felony Judgment Misdemeanor Plea Plea Bargain Sentence

why use lawpipe ?

The largest case briefs database in the U.S (over 60,000 case briefs).
New case briefs and articles updated monthly edited by experts.
Our legal database contains only important rulings and decisions, to ensure efficient and faster legal research.
Our search engine recommends only highly relevant briefs or articles, bypassing the need to browse through hundreds (and sometimes thousands!) of Irrelevant search results.
Search from 2,000+ legal terms keyed to our case briefs and articles, For each term, we show you every case brief and article in our database that relates to that term.