PEOPLE v. VERAS (2008)

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered May 30, 2006, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

 After sufficient inquiry, the court properly denied defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea (see People v. Frederick, 45 N.Y.2d 520, 410 N.Y.S.2d 555, 382 N.E.2d 1332 [1978] ).  “[T]he nature and extent of the fact-finding procedures on such motions rest largely in the discretion of the court” (People v. Fiumefreddo, 82 N.Y.2d 536, 544, 605 N.Y.S.2d 671, 626 N.E.2d 646 [1993] ).   The record establishes that the plea was knowing, intelligent and voluntary, and that the court properly determined that defendant's attacks on his plea lacked merit.