People v. Brown

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Firetog, J.), rendered November 16, 1995, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

*678Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

It is well settled that the right of a defendant to withdraw a previously-entered plea of guilty rests within the sound discretion of the sentencing court (see, CPL 220.60 [3]; People v Ellerbe, 237 AD2d 299). The defendant knowingly and voluntarily pleaded guilty in the presence of competent counsel after the…