Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tito Ortiz, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-06-05
Citations: 273 A.D.2d 257
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tito Ortiz, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 273
Pages: 257–257

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tito Ortiz, Appellant.
[709 NYS2d 837]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rios, J.), dated June 17, 1998, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to vacate his plea of guilty (see, CPL 220.60 [3]). The defendant's contention that he was coerced into entering the plea is belied by the record of the plea proceeding (see, People v Charles, 256 AD2d 472).
There is no merit to the defendant's additional contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel (see, People v Ford, 86. NY2d 397, 404). Mangano, P. J., Santucci, Krausman, Florio and Schmidt, JJ., concur.