Opinion
November 13, 1989
Appeal from the County Court, Nassau County (Harrington, J.).
Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
As we held in affirming a codefendant's conviction, "[u]nder the unusual circumstances of this case, it was not improper for the County Court to accept the defendant's pleas of guilty to a total of 166 felony counts, as set forth in three indictments, without requiring the defendant to give a factual allocution with respect to each count (see, People v Harris, 61 N.Y.2d 9, 16-17)" (People v Samuel, 141 A.D.2d 778).
In addition, we find that the County Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty pleas prior to imposing sentences (see, People v Frederick, 45 N.Y.2d 520, 524-525; People v Bell, 141 A.D.2d 749, 750; People v Irizzary, 125 A.D.2d 589).
Finally, contrary to the defendant's contention, we find that he was effectively assisted by counsel during all the court proceedings (see, People v Bell, supra; People v Rodriguez, 126 A.D.2d 580, 581). Brown, J.P., Lawrence, Eiber and Spatt, JJ., concur.