As this claim is supported only by the defendant's own self serving allegations and is not buttressed by any evidence, it does not provide this Court with a basis to find that the defendant's plea was involuntarily given. People v. Wager, 34 A.D.3d 505 (2d Dept.), lv. denied, 7 N.Y.3d 929 (2006); People v.D'Orio, 210 A.D.2d 424 (2d Dept. 1994), lv. denied, 85 N.Y.2d 972 (1995). Moreover, the defendant's claim is rejected as the transcript of the plea proceedings does not give "the slightest indication that defendant was uninformed, confused or incompetent" at the time the plea was taken.
The Appellate Division unanimously affirmed the judgment of conviction in a decision and order dated November 6, 2006. People v. Wager, 823 N.Y.S.2d 522 (App. Div. 2006). On December 29, 2006, leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals was denied.