People v. Phipps

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Altman, J.), rendered July 16, 1998, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

After sufficient inquiry and after affording defendant an ample opportunity to be heard, the court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea (see, People v Frederick, 45 NY2d 520). The record establishes that defendant’s plea was knowing and…