People v. Moore

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of attempted assault in the second degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 120.05 [2]), defendant contends that his plea was not validly entered because he was incompetent. We reject that contention. County Court properly relied upon the *1433reports of two mental health professionals who found that defendant was competent (see People v Alexander, 185 AD2d 712, 713 [1992], lv denied 80 NY2d 926 [1992]). In addition, the record of the plea colloquy establishes “that defendant possessed a ‘rational and factual understanding of the…