People v. Tobar
Opinion of the Court
The defendant was provided with the effective assistance of counsel (see Strickland v Washington, 466 US 668 [1984]; People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 712 [1998]). The defendant’s unsubstantiated claims of coercion and dissatisfaction with the representation by his counsel, which were refuted by his statements during the plea allocution, do not warrant a hearing (see generally People v Massey, 70 AD3d 722 [2010]; People v Hughes, 62 AD3d 1026 [2009]). Rivera, J.E, Angiolillo, Leventhal and Cohen, JJ., concur.
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