People v. Martin

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.), rendered June 16, 1997, convicting defendant, upon his guilty plea, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The record establishes that defendant’s plea was knowing and voluntary. Even were we to treat defendant’s statements at sentencing as an application to withdraw his plea, we would find the application was properly denied as without merit.

Defendant’s ineffective assistance claim would require a CPL…