The People of the State of New York, Appellant v. Ronald James Sadness, Respondent

Summary

The Court held that a guilty plea entered through counsel in open court satisfies the statutory requirement of section 335, so the conviction stands, and that a writ of coram nobis is unavailable for errors apparent on the face of the record that could be raised by ordinary appeal; consequently the Appellate Division's reversal was itself reversed and the lower court's dismissal of the petition affirmed.