Opinion
April 23, 1991
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.).
Defendant asserts on appeal that the plea was not sufficiently supported by a factual basis and that the Court failed to specifically inform him of each of his Boykin rights (Boykin v Alabama, 395 U.S. 238). We disagree.
Review of the plea allocution shows that the plea was knowing and voluntary (People v. Harris, 61 N.Y.2d 9; see, People v Nixon, 21 N.Y.2d 338, cert denied sub nom. Robinson v. New York, 393 U.S. 1067), and that there was a sufficient factual basis to support the plea (People v. La Porte, 41 A.D.2d 863). The validity of a plea does not hinge on a catechismic recital of rights, but on whether the plea as a whole was knowing and voluntary (People v. Harris, supra).
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Rosenberger, Wallach, Asch and Kassal, JJ.