Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's plea of guilty was knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered. The County Court therefore properly denied his motion to withdraw the plea without a hearing, as his conclusory allegations of coercion and ineffective assistance of counsel were contradicted by the record and insufficient to warrant vacatur of the plea (see People v Curras,
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