People v. Rodriguez

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert E. Torres, J.), rendered June 18, 2015, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted murder in the second degree (two counts), and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 20 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea. Defendant, citing information about the effects of solitary confinement in general, argues that his plea was involuntary as a result of physical and mental distress caused by a lengthy period of solitary confinement. However, he failed to show a causal connection between…