People v Burns

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People v Burns 2010 NY Slip Op 01072 [70 AD3d 1302] February 11, 2010 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Steven Burns, Appellant. (Appeal No. 2.)

—[*1] The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo (Robert B. Hallborg, Jr., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Frank A. Sedita, III, District Attorney, Buffalo (J. Michael Marion of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court (Shirley Troutman, J.), rendered January 5, 2007. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted murder in the second degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law, the plea is vacated and the matter is remitted to Erie County Court for further proceedings on the indictment.

Same memorandum as in People v Burns (70 AD3d 1301 [2010]). Present—Scudder, P.J., Peradotto, Carni, Green and Gorski, JJ.

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