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People v. Watson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jun 24, 2004
8 A.D.3d 911 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

14877.

Decided and Entered June 24, 2004.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Saratoga County (Scarano Jr., J.), rendered July 14, 2003, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Justin Brusgul, Voorheesville, for appellant.

James A. Murphy III, District Attorney, Ballston Spa (Nicholas E. Tishler of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Cardona, P.J., Mercure, Spain, Carpinello and Lahtinen, JJ.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER


After pleading guilty to the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree in full satisfaction of a six-count indictment, defendant moved to withdraw his plea alleging that his plea was involuntary and the result of ineffective assistance of counsel. County Court denied the motion and thereafter sentenced defendant to the agreed-upon prison sentence of 5 to 10 years. Defendant now appeals.

We affirm. The record of the plea proceeding reveals that County Court fully advised defendant of the rights that he was relinquishing by operation of his plea and ascertained that defendant understood those rights and was pleading guilty of his own volition ( see People v. McCann, 303 A.D.2d 780, 781, lv denied 100 N.Y.2d 584). Moreover, defendant allocuted to facts constituting the offense for which he was convicted ( see Penal Law § 220.39) and admitted to being a predicate felon. Defendant's claim that he was coerced into pleading guilty by representations made to him by counsel concerning the possible revocation of his bail are supported by nothing more than defendant's own statements and, accordingly, County Court did not abuse its discretion in summarily denying defendant's motion to withdraw his plea ( see CPL 220.60; People v. Alexander, 97 N.Y.2d 482, 485; People v. Lane, 1 A.D.3d 801, 802, lv denied 2 N.Y.3d 742; People v. Bonilla, 285 A.D.2d 746, 747, 748).

Cardona, P.J., Mercure, Spain and Lahtinen, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Watson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jun 24, 2004
8 A.D.3d 911 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

People v. Watson

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MATTHEW D. WATSON…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Jun 24, 2004

Citations

8 A.D.3d 911 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
778 N.Y.S.2d 730

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