Defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea was properly denied after sufficient inquiry since his self-serving claims of innocence and his contention that the court had advised him that he could withdraw the plea were unsupported by the record. Further, the plea proceedings reveal that defendant's plea was entered knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently.
Defendant received effective assistance of counsel in connection with his plea (People v Ford,
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