Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Anthony White, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1990-09-10
Citations: 165 A.D.2d 820
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anthony White, Appellant.
Judges: Thompson, J. P., Brown, Balletta and Miller, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 165
Pages: 820–821

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anthony White, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Paño Z. Patsalos, J.), rendered September 21, 1989, convicting him of sexual abuse in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the court erred in denying his application to withdraw his plea of guilty, or, alternatively, in failing to conduct a hearing, is unpersuasive. The record discloses that the defendant was fully advised of all of the rights he would waive by pleading guilty. Nevertheless, the defendant, after consulting with counsel, voluntarily chose to plead guilty. During the plea allocution, the defendant admitted the underlying facts of the crime. Since the defendant was given an ample opportunity to state the basis for his application to withdraw his plea, which basis was facially without merit, no formal evidentiary hearing was necessary (see, People v Tinsley, 35 NY2d 926; People v Morris, 118 AD2d 595).
Thompson, J. P., Brown, Balletta and Miller, JJ., concur.