People v. Bowens

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rooney, J.), rendered April 2, 2014, convicting him of murder in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court properly denied his request made at sentencing for, in effect, the assignment of new counsel. The defendant’s allegation that he was threatened by his counsel to plead guilty was belied by the record of the plea proceedings, wherein he indicated that he was satisfied with his counsel’s…