People v. Bruno

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.), rendered April 14, 1992, convicting him of attempted grand larceny in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea. The defendant’s claim of innocence was conclusory and unsubstantiated (see, e.g., People v Pantojas, 182 AD2d 782; People v Campbell, 180 AD2d 808; People v Terry, 179 AD2d 833). The defendant pleaded guilty to the lesser…