Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dorphus Williams, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-01-30
Citations: 211 A.D.2d 832
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Dorphus Williams, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 211
Pages: 832–833

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Dorphus Williams, Appellant.
[621 NYS2d 913]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from five judgments of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sherman, J.), all rendered July 12, 1993, convicting him of robbery in the first degree under Indictment No. 7758/ 91, robbery in the first degree under Indictment No. 7759/91, robbery in the first degree under Indictment No. 7801/91, murder in the second degree and robbery in the first degree under Indictment No. 694/92, and robbery in the first degree under Indictment No. 1751/92, upon his pleas of guilty, and imposing sentences.
Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
The court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his pleas of guilty. The defendant's unsupported, conclusory allegations of innocence did not warrant the vacatur of his pleas. Furthermore, the record reveals that the defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily pleaded guilty. Moreover, the defendant's claim of coercion by his attorney is not supported by the record (see, CPL 220.60 [3]; People v Harris, 61 NY2d 9; People v Ladelokun, 192 AD2d 723). Balletta, J. P., Thompson, Santucci, Altman and Hart, JJ., concur.