Opinion
July 24, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The decision of whether to permit a defendant to withdraw a previously entered plea of guilty rests with the sound discretion of the trial court ( see, CPL 220.60; People v. Howard, 138 A.D.2d 525). The record in this case reveals that the defendant's plea was knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently entered. In addition, the defendant's contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel is without merit. Accordingly, the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea of guilty. Mangano, P.J., Copertino, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.