PEOPLE v. LOPEZ


15 A.D.3d 285 (2005)

789 N.Y.S.2d 497

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RICHARD LOPEZ, Appellant.

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

February 17, 2005.


After sufficient inquiry, the court properly denied defendant's request to withdraw his guilty plea without appointing new counsel. Defendant received effective and conflict-free representation at sentencing. His assertion that his attorney misled him as to the terms and consequences of his plea was contradicted by the thorough plea allocution and was patently meritless. Accordingly, there was no conflict of interest requiring new...

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