People v. Kaye
Opinion of the Court
— Appeals by defendant from two judgments of the County Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.), both rendered May 15, 1979, convicting him of two counts of robbery in the first degree, upon his pleas of guilty, and imposing sentences. The appeals bring up for review the denial, without a hearing, of the defendant’s motion to vacate his guilty pleas. Judgments affirmed. Under the circumstances of this case, the County Court did not abuse its discretion in denying, without a hearing, the defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty pleas, particularly where the defendant’s contentions were fully set forth in his motion papers, he did not dispute his complicity in the underlying crimes and
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