People v. Robles

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (George Covington, J.), rendered August 5,1988, which convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted robbery in the first degree and sentenced him to a prison term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was indicted for the gunpoint robbery of a cab driver. During trial, after the cab driver testified, defendant pleaded guilty. Defendant contends that he pleaded guilty because his right to confront witnesses against him was curtailed by the restriction the trial court imposed on counsel which prevented him from fully and effectively…