People v. O'Neill

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Cortland County (Ames, J.), rendered January 31, 2012, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of use of a child in a sexual performance and course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree.

Defendant waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a superior court information charging him with use of a child in a sexual performance and course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree. Defendant thereafter moved to withdraw his plea, contending that he was pressured into pleading guilty based upon the threat of a…