| People v Beasley |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 03018 [50 AD3d 697] |
| April 1, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v George Beasley, Appellant. |
—[*1] Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Ronnie Jane Lamm of counsel), forrespondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Gazzillo, J.),rendered October 5, 2006, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the thirddegree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea ofguilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgement is affirmed.
The defendant's plea of guilty was knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently entered, and hisunsubstantiated claims of innocence and coercion made immediately before sentencing wererefuted by his previous admissions of guilt and acknowledgment that no one had forced,threatened, or coerced him into pleading guilty (see People v Mann, 32 AD3d 865 [2006]; People v Cepeda, 29 AD3d 491[2006]; People v Eschenberg, 275 AD2d 719 [2000]). Therefore, the County Courtprovidently denied the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea of guilty (see CPL 220.60[3]). Skelos, J.P., Lifson, Santucci and Balkin, JJ., concur.