People v. Richards

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Leslie Crocker Snyder, J.), rendered June 30, 1989, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree (Penal Law § 200.18) and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of 4V2 years’ to life imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

At issue on appeal is whether the court erred in denying, without a hearing, defendant’s presentence motion to withdraw his plea. Before pleading guilty, defendant was apprised of the rights he was waiving, as well as the constructive possession theory on…