PEOPLE v. BEVERLY

Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and matter remitted to Onondaga County Court for further proceedings on the indictment. Memorandum: Immediately before defendant entered his plea of guilty, the trial court told him that "if we have to go to trial and work" the court probably would sentence him to 3 1/2 to 7 years, the maximum sentence, "on top of" the sentence for another crime. This statement by the trial court constituted coercion, rendering the plea involuntary (see, People v. Glasper, 14 N.Y.2d 893; People v. Hollis, 74 A.D.2d 585).