People v. James

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered June 24, 1994, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of three counts of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 10 to 20 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea was properly denied upon the basis of credible evidence adduced at the hearing that defendant’s attorney had provided meaningful representation, including the attorney’s testimony that he had conferred with defendant about a possible alibi defense and time…