Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The decision to permit the withdrawal of a plea of guilty rests within the sound discretion of the court (CPL 220.60 [3]). In this case, the defendant's unsupported allegations of innocence and that his attorney coerced him into accepting the plea did not warrant the vacatur of his plea of guilty (see, People v Dickerson,
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