People v. John

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Firetog, J.), rendered January 27, 2012, convicting him of murder in the second degree and assault 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 providently exercised its discretion in denying his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty (see CPL 220.60 [3]). There was no proof that the defendant’s plea was involuntarily or unintelligently entered, and the defendant’s assertion that he did not understand…