The People, etc., respondent, v. Antonio Hearns, a/k/a Antonio S. Hearns, appellant. (2010)

Submitted-January 6, 2010

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Gazzillo, J.), rendered April 24, 2008, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (five counts), upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The sentencing court properly denied the defendant's motion for leave to withdraw his plea of guilty.   The right of a defendant to withdraw a previously-entered plea of guilty rests within the sound discretion of the sentencing court (see People v. Seeber, 4 NY3d 780;  People v. Mann, 32 AD3d 865;  People v. Kucharczyk, 15 AD3d 595), the exercise of which will not be disturbed absent an improvident exercise of discretion (see People v. DeLeon, 40 AD3d 1008).   The defendant's plea of guilty was knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made (see People v. Fiumefreddo, 82 N.Y.2d 536, 543;  cf.  People v. Callahan, 80 N.Y.2d 273, 283;  People v. Harris, 61 N.Y.2d 9, 16), and the defendant's contentions to the contrary are without merit.

RIVERA, J.P., FLORIO, DICKERSON, BELEN and ROMAN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court