Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 19, 2014 (People v. Hill)

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Clinton County (Ryan, J.), rendered February 28, 2012, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of murder in the second degree.

Defendant was charged in an indictment with various crimes after he confessed to strangling an unknown male and causing his death.