PEOPLE v. LAWTON


203 A.D.2d 141 (1994)

610 N.Y.S.2d 785

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Benjamin Lawton, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 19, 1994


The court did not abuse its discretion in denying without a hearing a motion defendant made at sentencing to withdraw his plea of guilty, defendant's bare claims of innocence of the crime charged and ignorance of the consequences of pleading guilty notwithstanding, where the record of the plea proceedings shows that defendant admitted his guilt of the crime charged in the presence of counsel, was carefully advised by the court as...

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