People v. Otero

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Rettinger, J.), rendered December 2, 1999, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 12 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea without ap*345pointing new counsel. Counsel’s comments, at the court’s invitation, in defense of his own performance did not create a conflict of interest affecting the adequacy of defendant’s…