Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Javier Lizardi, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-03-02
Citations: 71 A.D.3d 406
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Javier Lizardi, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 71
Pages: 406–407

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Javier Lizardi, Appellant.
[894 NYS2d 752]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles H. Solomon, J.), rendered December 12, 2008, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
After sufficient inquiry, the court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea (see People v Frederick, 45 NY2d 520 [1978]). The record supports the court's detailed findings of fact, in which it rejected each of defendant's challenges to his plea. Under the circumstances, it was unnecessary to engage in further fact-finding regarding counsel's pre-plea advice to defendant about the de fenses of justification and intoxication. Concur—Gonzalez, P.J., Saxe, McGuire, Acosta and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.