Opinion
December 2, 1993
Appeal from the County Court of Sullivan County (Vogt, J.).
We find no error in County Court's denial of defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Nothing in this record supports his conclusory assertion of coercion as the result of time constraints during his consideration of the prosecutor's plea offer. The record of the plea proceeding demonstrates that defendant was fully apprised of his rights and confirms that he had not been coerced into the plea, and that he had sufficient time to discuss the matter with his attorney (see, People v Lisbon, 187 A.D.2d 457; People v Bell, 183 A.D.2d 837; People v Machado, 181 A.D.2d 796, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 1051). The record further confirms that he was represented by counsel throughout and freely admitted guilt of the crimes to which he had pleaded, and that County Court confirmed that he understood the consequences of his plea (see, People v Lattmen, 101 A.D.2d 662). Defendant's inability to recall the details of his entry into one of the residences, even while he directly acknowledged commission of the crime and his departure in a stolen truck, is not a protestation of innocence.
We reject the contention that defendant was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel. Defendant's plea was in full satisfaction of multiple burglary counts. His attorney was responsible for negotiating an advantageous plea bargain which substantially limited defendant's exposure to imprisonment (see, People v Corwin, 137 A.D.2d 872, lv denied 71 N.Y.2d 1025; People v Bonk, 83 A.D.2d 695). When viewed in totality, we find that defendant received meaningful representation (see, People v Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137).
Defendant argues that the waiver of his right to appeal as a part of his guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary. We are satisfied that the colloquy between defendant and County Court was sufficient to establish a knowing, voluntary and intelligent waiver and, in the absence of any other facts placing the validity of the plea in doubt (see, People v Callahan, 80 N.Y.2d 273; People v Seaberg, 74 N.Y.2d 1; People v Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662), we conclude that the waiver of the right to appeal must be enforced.
Mikoll, Yesawich Jr., Crew III and Cardona, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.