New York Court of Appeals
The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Morgan Keizer, Appellant; the People of the State of New York…
April 8, 2003100 N.Y.2d 114
Summary
The Court held that a guilty plea does not create a jurisdictional defect when the plea is to a lesser offense not charged in the complaint, affirming the Keizer conviction, and that a hearsay defect in an accusatory instrument is non‑jurisdictional and forfeited by a guilty plea, reversing the Pittman conviction and remanding for further proceedings.