People v. Harris

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Gazzillo, J.), rendered November 29, 2006, convicting him of rape in the second degree (three counts) and endangering the welfare of a child, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The County Court providently exercised its discretion in denying, without a hearing, the defendant’s pro se motion to *839withdraw his plea of guilty. A motion to withdraw a plea of guilty rests within the sound discretion of the court, whose determination generally will not be disturbed absent an…