People v. Deleg

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (De Rosa, J.), rendered December 21, 1998, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The defendant’s contention that the County Court erred in denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea without holding a hearing is without merit. Whether to allow a defendant to withdraw a plea of guilty rests within the sound discretion of the sentencing court (see, CPL 220.60 [3]; People v Smith, 268 AD2d 605; People v White, 226…