People v Bannister (Juan)

[*1] People v Bannister (Juan) 2014 NY Slip Op 51403(U) Decided on September 22, 2014 Appellate Term, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Decided on September 22, 2014
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, FIRST DEPARTMENT
PRESENT: Shulman, J.P., Hunter, Jr., Ling-Cohan, JJ.
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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, -

against

Juan Bannister, Defendant-Appellant.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County (Gerald Lebovits, J.), rendered September 21, 2011, convicting him, upon a plea of guilty, of violating Traffic Rules and Regulations of the City of New York (34 RCNY) § 4-04(e)(5) by unlawfully hailing a taxi, and imposing sentence.

Per Curiam.

Judgment of conviction (Gerald Lebovits, J.), rendered September 21, 2011, reversed, on the law, accusatory instrument dismissed, and surcharge, if paid, remitted.

As the People now concede, defendant's conviction must be vacated since the plea record lacks the requisite "affirming showing" that defendant understood and waived his Boykin rights (see Boykin v Alabama, 395 US 238 [1969]; People v Tyrell, 22 NY3d 359 [2013]). Inasmuch as defendant has served his sentence, we dismiss the accusatory instrument in lieu of ordering a new trial, a disposition unopposed by the People.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

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Decision Date: September 22, 2014