People v. Hanesworth

Appeal from a judgment of Supreme Court, Erie County (Buscaglia, J.), entered May 25, 2000, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of, inter alia, murder in the second degree.

*977It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:- We reject the contention of defendant that he was denied effective assistance of counsel and that, as a result, his plea of guilty was not knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily entered. Contrary to defendant’s contention, defense counsel’s advice to defendant to accept the plea offer before the…