Opinion
May 1, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Felig, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the record, taken as a whole, does not demonstrate that the trial court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying his application for an examination pursuant to CPL 730.30 (see, People v Russell, 74 N.Y.2d 901; People v Carbone, 159 A.D.2d 511; People v Bancroft, 110 A.D.2d 773). Furthermore, we have examined the record and find that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered his plea of guilty (see, People v Harris, 61 N.Y.2d 9), and that the court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the defendant's request to withdraw his plea (see, People v Pettway, 140 A.D.2d 721, 722). Mangano, P.J., O'Brien, Ritter, Pizzuto and Florio, JJ., concur.