People v. Artis

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (Kane, J.), rendered July 21, 1992, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth degree.

We reject the contention that defendant’s plea of guilty should be vacated because it was not knowingly and voluntarily entered and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of conviction. On the day scheduled for trial, with a panel of prospective jurors present and ready for jury selection, defendant *840entered a counseled plea of guilty to criminal sale of a controlled substance in…