Judgment affirmed.
Defendant pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree in full satisfaction of the indictment on the fourth day of trial. Thereafter, at sentence, defendant protested his innocence, contended that his prior counsel had forced him to enter the guilty plea and asked to have the plea withdrawn. A hearing was then held to determine the propriety of the original guilty plea (see People v McClain,
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