People v. Hickson

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J., at plea, motion to withdraw plea, and sentence), rendered March 22, 1989, convicting defendant of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15) *778and sentencing him to an indeterminate prison term of 11 to 22 years, unanimously affirmed.

Despite defendant’s arguments to the contrary, the plea allocution covered each element of robbery in the first degree (see, Penal Law § 160.15). The court was under no obligation to inquire extensively into a possible defense of renunciation, since the defendant’s remarks did not in any way…