People v. Bell

— Appeal by the defendant from three judgments of the County Court, Westchester County (Nicolai, J.), all rendered December 21, 1987, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (three counts, one as to each Superior Court Information), upon his pleas of guilty, and imposing sentences.

Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.

The sentencing court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the defendant’s written motion for leave to withdraw his guilty pleas without conducting a formal hearing. The defendant was "fully informed of the rights he was waiving by pleading guilty and…