People v. Wheeler

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Bradley, J.), rendered October 26, 1999, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 12 years to life, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of vacating the persistent felony offender adjudication and sentence and remanding the matter for further proceedings as to resentencing, and otherwise affirmed.

After a thorough hearing, the court properly denied defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea.…