People v. Vera

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Chetta, J.), rendered September 13, 1989, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

It is well settled that the decision as to whether to permit a defendant to withdraw a previously entered plea of guilty rests within the sound discretion of the court (see, People v Gomez, 142 AD2d 649). In the instant case, the defendant knowingly and voluntarily made a complete plea allocution in the presence…