Opinion
Nos. 4615, 4615A.
March 24, 2011.
Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), rendered July 9, 2008, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of two counts of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 15 years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the prison terms to concurrent terms of 10 years, and otherwise affirmed.
Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Eunice E. Lee and Linklaters LLP, New York, Kiah Beverly Graham of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Andrew E. Seewald of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Gonzalez, P.J., Catterson, Richter, Abdus-Salaam and Román, JJ.
The court properly denied defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea ( see People v Frederick, 45 NY2d 520). The record fails to support his assertion that he did not understand the length of his promised sentence. The court specifically told defendant the length of the sentence, and there is nothing to suggest he did not understand how much time he would have to serve.
We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.