Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Peter R. McNally, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-02-06
Citations: 59 A.D.3d 959
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Peter R. McNally, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 959–960

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Peter R. McNally, Appellant.
[872 NYS2d 324]

Opinion:
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (Kenneth R. Fisher, J.), rendered November 8, 2004. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of felony driving while intoxicated.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of felony driving while intoxicated (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192 [3]; § 1193 [1] [c] [former (i)]). Supreme Court did not abuse its discretion in denying the pro se motion of defendant to withdraw his plea (see generally People v Alexander, 97 NY2d 482, 485-486 [2002]). The "protestations [of defendant] as to his . . . confusion and innocence ring hollow" in light of his admissions during the plea colloquy and his statement that he understood that he was giving up certain rights, including the right to a jury trial, by pleading guilty (id. at 486). Present—Scudder, P.J., Hurlbutt, Martoche, Green and Gorski, JJ.