People v. Santiago

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Latella, J.), rendered January 27, 2000, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The decision whether to grant a defendant permission to withdraw his plea of guilty lies in the sound discretion of the court (see, CPL 220.60 [3]; People v Deleg, 274 AD2d 522; People v Rodriguez, 270 AD2d 434). Here, the record reveals that the defendant was lucid, rational, and unequivocal in assuring the court that he comprehended the…