People v. Roberson

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (David H. Edwards, Jr., J.), rendered February 28, 1985, convicting defendant, upon his guilty plea, of robbery in the first degree and sentencing him to a term of 6 to 12 years’ imprisonment, is unanimously affirmed.

Defendant challenged the prosecutor’s predicate violent felony statement on the ground, inter alia, that his prior plea of guilty was unknowingly and involuntarily made. After a review of the plea proceeding minutes of the earlier felony conviction, the sentencing court denied that challenge without a hearing on the basis that the record…