People v. Hines

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.), rendered June 24, 1996, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

After a thorough inquiry, the court properly denied defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The record establishes that defendant made a voluntary plea and fails to substantiate his claims of coercion and innocence. The conduct by his attorney that defendant claimed to have been coercive amounted to nothing more than the attorney’s professional opinion…