Opinion
December 31, 1998
Appeal from Judgment of Monroe County Court, Egan, J. — Assault, 2nd Degree.
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends that County Court erred in failing to conduct a thorough inquiry into his justification defense before accepting his plea of guilty to assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05). The recitation of the facts underlying the crime, however, did not cast significant doubt upon defendant's guilt (see, People v. Lopez, 71 N.Y.2d 662, 666). The court had no "duty to inquire further to ensure that defendant's guilty plea is knowing and voluntary" (People v. Lopez, supra, at 666).
Present — Denman, P. J., Hayes, Pigott, Jr., Callahan and Fallon, JJ.