Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joel Thompkins, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-10-29
Citations: 254 A.D.2d 238
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joel Thompkins, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 238–238

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joel Thompkins, Appellant.
[679 NYS2d 309]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie Wittner, J.), rendered January 22, 1997, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a determinate term of 7 years, unanimously affirmed.
After a sufficient inquiry, the court properly denied defendant's application to withdraw his guilty plea. The record demonstrates that the court afforded defendant a reasonable opportunity to present his claim and was sufficiently familiar with the case to assess it (People v Williams, 210 AD2d 161). Defendant made only the conclusory claim that his attorney's performance was "insufficient" and the record demonstrates that defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered into a favorable plea, after a thorough allocution in which he unequivocally admitted that he committed the acts charged. We have considered and rejected defendant's remaining claims. Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Nardelli, Mazzarelli, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.