Charged with taking money and credit cards from a group of students while displaying and threatening to use what appeared to be a gun, defendant pleaded guilty to attempted robbery in the first degree. He stated that he only pretended to have a gun. At sentencing, defendant sought to withdraw his plea, and to obtain new counsel, claiming coercion by his lawyer. The court summarily denied these requests without a hearing.
On appeal, the defendant contends that his...
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