The defendant's contention that his plea of guilty was coerced is without merit. At the hearing on his motion to withdraw his plea, the defendant's former attorneys and a private investigator expressly contradicted the defendant's testimony that he had been advised that he would not succeed at trial because the Dutchess County courts and the trial judge were racist. After the hearing, the County Court credited the testimony of those witnesses and rejected the defendant's...
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