People v. Nunez-Bencosme

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, West-chester County (Warhit, J.), rendered February 29, 2016, convicting him of attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The decision whether to permit a defendant to withdraw a plea of guilty, as well as the nature and extent of the fact-finding inquiry, rests largely within the sound discretion of the court (see CPL 220.60 [3]; People v Smith, 123 AD3d 950 [2014]), and a hearing will be granted only in rare…