Opinion
December 21, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Linakis, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The decision to grant or deny a request to withdraw a plea of guilty rests within the sound discretion of the court (see, People v Frazier, 132 A.D.2d 617). The defendant made a complete admission of the underlying facts of the crime and fully acknowledged the rights that he was waiving by entering into the plea agreement. His belated and unsubstantiated claims of innocence do not render his plea defective (see, People v Mota, 125 A.D.2d 609). Moreover, the defendant's unsubstantiated and conclusory assertion that his attorney coerced him into pleading guilty is belied by the plea and sentencing minutes. Thompson, J.P., Balletta, Rosenblatt and Eiber, JJ., concur.