Opinion
05-10-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Jeffrey ANLYAN, appellant.
Andrew E. MacAskill, Westbury, NY, for appellant. Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Jacqueline Rosenblum and Mary Faldich of counsel), for respondent.
Andrew E. MacAskill, Westbury, NY, for appellant.
Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Jacqueline Rosenblum and Mary Faldich of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (O' Reilly, J., at plea; O'Brien, J., at sentence), rendered March 17, 2009, convicting him of driving while intoxicated per se in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192(2) and attempted criminal possession of a forged instrument in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The decision to permit a defendant to withdraw a previously entered plea of guilty, as well as the nature and extent of the fact-finding inquiry, rests largely 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. Brown, 14 N.Y.3d 113, 116, 897 N.Y.S.2d 674, 924 N.E.2d 782 ; People v. Alexander, 97 N.Y.2d 482, 485, 743 N.Y.S.2d 45, 769 N.E.2d 802 ; People v. Jemmott, 125 A.D.3d 1005, 1006, 5 N.Y.S.3d 447 ). Here, the County Court providently exercised its discretion in denying, without a hearing, the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea of guilty. The record establishes that the defendant's plea of guilty was knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently entered (see People v. Conceicao, 26 N.Y.3d 375, 382–383, 23 N.Y.S.3d 124, 44 N.E.3d 199 ; People v. Harris, 61 N.Y.2d 9, 19–20, 471 N.Y.S.2d 61, 459 N.E.2d 170 ). Contrary to the defendant's contention, there is no basis in the record to support the conclusion that, at the time of the plea proceeding, the defendant lacked the capacity to understand the nature of the proceeding or the consequences of his plea (see People v. DeBenedetto, 120 A.D.3d 1428, 1429, 992 N.Y.S.2d 370 ; People v. Gordon, 107 A.D.3d 739, 740, 966 N.Y.S.2d 214 ; People v. Brooks, 89 A.D.3d 747, 931 N.Y.S.2d 908 ). During the plea colloquy, the defendant stated that there was nothing impairing his ability to understand the nature of the proceedings, appropriately responded to the questions asked of him, and gave no indication that he was mentally incapacitated (see People v. DeBenedetto, 120 A.D.3d at 1429, 992 N.Y.S.2d 370 ; People v. Ramos, 77 A.D.3d 773, 774, 909 N.Y.S.2d 484 ).
RIVERA, J.P., CHAMBERS, DUFFY and BARROS, JJ., concur.