Opinion
June 22, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Rena Uviller, J.).
The court properly exercised its discretion in accepting defendant's plea of guilty, and in subsequently denying his motion to withdraw it, where defendant's protestations of innocence were conclusory and contradicted by his explicit admissions of guilt, there is no support in the record for defendant's claim that the plea was coerced and it is clear that the plea was knowing, intelligent and voluntary ( see, People v Lawton, 203 A.D.2d 141, lv denied 84 N.Y.2d 869; People v. Lopez, 209 A.D.2d 545).
We have considered defendant's other claims and find them to be without merit.
Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Wallach, Nardelli, Tom and Mazzarelli, JJ.