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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOE LEE McKAY, Appellant.

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Seidell, J., at sentence; Levine, J., at plea), rendered August 11, 1980, convicting him of attempted robbery in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. By order dated May 18, 1981, this court remitted the case to the County Court to hear and report on defendant's application to withdraw his plea of guilty, and the appeal has been held in abeyance in the interim ( People v McKay, 81 A.D.2d 897). The County Court (Seidell, J.), has complied and rendered a report in accordance therewith. Judgment reversed, on the law, plea vacated, and case remitted to the County Court, Suffolk County, for further proceedings consistent herewith. On remand, the County Court found the "possibility" that appellant was confused when entering his guilty plea. It also noted the "possibility" that he lacked the requisite knowledge of the robbery at the time he drove the "getaway" car. Under these circumstances the doubts raised as to the voluntariness as well as to the factual basis of the plea require that it be vacated and that appellant be afforded the opportunity to replead to the indictment (see People v Nixon, 21 N.Y.2d 338, cert den sub nom. Robinson v New York, 393 U.S. 1067). Hopkins, J.P., Titone, Gibbons and Cohalan, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. LEE McKAY
(Dec 31, 1981)