People v. Morales

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), rendered June 5, 2006, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sexual act in the first degree and burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 25 years to life and 16 years to life, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea (see People v Alexander, 97 NY2d 482 [2002]; People v Frederick, 45 NY2d 520 [1978]). The record establishes that the plea was entered knowingly,…