Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Adjouah Beverly, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-06-12
Citations: 240 A.D.2d 254
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Adjouah Beverly, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 240
Pages: 254–254

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Adjouah Beverly, Appellant.
[659 NYS2d 731]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (David Stadtmauer, J.), rendered August 31, 1993, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly denied defendant's application to withdraw his plea of guilty, since the plea was clearly voluntary and defendant's self-serving allegations of coercion were baseless. The court properly declined to grant defendant's applications for assignment of new counsel prior to the guilty plea (see, People v Sides, 75 NY2d 822). Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Wallach, Rubin and Andrias, JJ.