People v. Brown

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bonnie Wittner, J.), rendered December 20, 1989, convicting defendant, on his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of from six years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s pro se motion to withdraw his guilty plea, pursuant to CPL 220.60 (3), and a subsequent motion, with the aid of counsel, to reopen the suppression hearing, on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel at the Mapp hearing, were properly denied. Defendant was found in possession of…