Order unanimously reversed and matter remitted to Erie County Court for a hearing.
Petitioner's allegations that his plea of guilty was coerced by threats made to him by an Assistant District Attorney and his own counsel are sufficient to raise a triable issue as to the voluntariness of his plea, which should be resolved at a hearing. (People v. Picciotti,
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