People v. Rafael

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred Donati, J.), rendered May 25, 1995, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 4 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea was properly denied. The allocution minutes demonstrate that defendant’s plea was entered knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently, and that he understood the crime to which he was pleading guilty. Since defendant’s motion to withdraw the plea was made on different grounds from…