People v. Johnson

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Altman, J.), rendered July 19, 1999, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of kidnapping in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 20 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in summarily denying defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea in which defendant alleged that the People failed to provide him with protection as required by his cooperation agreement, since defendant presented only conclusory statements that he feared for his safety and since…