PEOPLE v. MURRAY (1997)

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Cowhey, J.), rendered May 16, 1995, convicting him of sodomy in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

 The court properly denied, without, inter alia, an evidentiary hearing, the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea of guilty (see, CPL 220.60[3];  People v. Frederick, 45 N.Y.2d 520, 410 N.Y.S.2d 555, 382 N.E.2d 1332;  People v. Dickerson, 163 A.D.2d 610, 559 N.Y.S.2d 40).   The defendant's allegations of coercion made at sentencing were belied by the record of the plea proceedings in which he expressly stated under oath that he was not coerced or threatened into pleading guilty.   Furthermore, the sentencing court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by refusing to substitute assigned counsel when the defendant perfunctorily indicated dissatisfaction with counsel's representation but otherwise failed to elaborate thereon (see, People v. Peterkin, 133 A.D.2d 472, 519 N.Y.S.2d 570).   Moreover, we note that defense counsel represented the defendant throughout the Wade-Mapp hearings and the plea negotiations without a previous complaint by the defendant (see, People v. Peterkin, supra;  People v. Gloster, 175 A.D.2d 258, 572 N.Y.S.2d 370).   At the plea proceedings, the defendant indicated that he had fully discussed the plea of guilty with his counsel and that his counsel had answered any and all questions concerning the plea of guilty.

The defendant's remaining contention is without merit.

MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.