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Title: People v. Douglas Youmans
Author : Supreme Court of New York
Release Date : January 18, 1991
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 59 KB

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DECISION & ORDER The decision as to whether to permit a defendant to withdraw a previously entered plea of guilty rests within the sound discretion of the sentencing court (see, People v Pettway, 140 A.D.2d 721; People v Melendez, 135 A.D.2d 660). As a defendant may not withdraw a guilty plea by an unsupported assertion of innocence where the plea was voluntarily made with the advice of competent counsel following an appraisal of all the relevant facts (see, People v Tannenbaum, 116 A.D.2d 677), the sentencing court did not improvidently exercise its discretion when the defendant made unsupported claims of innocence. Similarly, his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and coercion is belied by the record. Disposition ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.