Opinion
July 7, 1994
Appeal from the County Court of Columbia County (Zittell, J.).
Defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree. He was sentenced as a second felony offender to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 4 1/2 to 9 years for his convictions on the sale charges and 2 to 4 years for his conviction on the possession charge. An examination of the plea colloquy convinces us that the plea was voluntary, knowing and intelligent, and that defendant admitted facts sufficient to establish his guilt. We also conclude that defendant was not denied the effective assistance of counsel, and find no error in County Court's denial of defendant's request to withdraw his plea based upon his conclusory allegations of coercion by defense counsel and other improprieties. Finally, given defendant's prior criminal record and the fact that the sentence imposed is the most lenient possible, we find no reason to disturb the sentence imposed by County Court.
Mikoll, J.P., Mercure, Crew III, Yesawich Jr. and Peters, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.