Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
The County Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his pleas of guilty. A motion to withdraw a plea of guilty, as well as the nature and extent of the fact-finding inquiry, rests within the sound discretion of the court, and generally will not be disturbed absent an improvident exercise of discretion (see CPL 220.60[3]; People v Alexander,
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