People v. Black

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira Globerman, J.), rendered June 16, 1998, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

*422Defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea was properly denied without a hearing since the submission of his written motion and his appearance at sentencing provided ample opportunity to be heard. The record establishes that defendant knowingly and voluntarily pleaded guilty and the record belies his conclusory claims of coercion, innocence and misinformation. At the…