People v. Taft

People v Taft (2020 NY Slip Op 04278)
People v Taft
2020 NY Slip Op 04278
Decided on July 24, 2020
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on July 24, 2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CARNI, CURRAN, TROUTMAN, AND WINSLOW, JJ.

723 KA 18-02436

[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

v

MATTHEW E. TAFT, SR., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.




ROSEMARIE RICHARDS, GILBERTSVILLE, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

BROOKS T. BAKER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BATH (JOHN C. TUNNEY OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.



Appeal from a judgment of the Steuben County Court (Patrick F. McAllister, A.J.), rendered July 24, 2018. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of manslaughter in the second degree.

Now, upon reading and filing the stipulation of discontinuance sworn to by defendant on June 18, 2020, and signed by the attorneys for the parties on June 17, 2020,

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed upon stipulation.

Entered: July 24, 2020

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court