People v. Hakim

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Angiolillo, J.), rendered May 21, 1994, convicting him of attempted robbery in the first degree and robbery in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The determination of whether to allow a defendant to withdraw a plea of guilty rests within the sound discretion of the trial court (see, CPL 220.60 [3]; People v Sears, 204 AD2d 578, 579; People v Lisbon, 187 AD2d 457; People v Lewis, 170 AD2d 538). Where, as here, the defendant knowingly and…