People v. Merck

—Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Nicandri, J.), rendered October 14, 1993, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted burglary in the third degree.

On this appeal, defendant contends that County Court erred in denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. We disagree. In moving to withdraw his plea, defendant alleged that he had been diagnosed as having a mental illness and was not thinking clearly at the time of the plea. The transcript of the plea proceeding belies defendant’s conclusory contentions and establishes that…