A felon who admitted to his role in a home-invasion robbery last year in Yonkers tried to back out of his guilty plea Friday in Westchester County Court.
"I was misrepresented," said 25-year-old Reinaldo Perez, who pleaded guilty March 16 to first-degree burglary. "I want to tell my side of the story."
Acting state Supreme Court Justice William Wetzel said there was no basis to believe that Perez' court-appointed lawyer misled him. He reminded Perez that he volunteered his guilty plea after prosecutors apprised him of his right to trial.
The judge then sentenced him as a predicate violent felon to eight years in state prison, with five years' post-release supervision. He also issued a protective order for the victims.
Perez, of Yonkers, was accused of participating in a June 30 robbery on Riverview Place. Police said he and another man, armed with handguns, entered an apartment occupied by four adults and five children.
They took two laptop computers, a telephone, two watches and a gold chain, police said. No one was hurt.
Detectives arrested Perez a short time after the robbery. The second man was never charged.
Perez served 3 1/2 years in prison earlier on a first-degree robbery conviction from the Bronx.
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"I was misrepresented," said 25-year-old Reinaldo Perez, who pleaded guilty March 16 to first-degree burglary. "I want to tell my side of the story."
Acting state Supreme Court Justice William Wetzel said there was no basis to believe that Perez' court-appointed lawyer misled him. He reminded Perez that he volunteered his guilty plea after prosecutors apprised him of his right to trial.
The judge then sentenced him as a predicate violent felon to eight years in state prison, with five years' post-release supervision. He also issued a protective order for the victims.
Perez, of Yonkers, was accused of participating in a June 30 robbery on Riverview Place. Police said he and another man, armed with handguns, entered an apartment occupied by four adults and five children.
They took two laptop computers, a telephone, two watches and a gold chain, police said. No one was hurt.
Detectives arrested Perez a short time after the robbery. The second man was never charged.
Perez served 3 1/2 years in prison earlier on a first-degree robbery conviction from the Bronx.
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