Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the court improperly denied his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty without conducting a hearing is without merit. It is well settled that such a motion is directed to the sound discretion of the court ( People v. Jones, 214 A.D.2d 623, 624; People v. Evans, 204 A.D.2d 346), and the defendant's claim that the plea was coerced is refuted by his statements during the plea allocution that the plea was not the product of coercion ( see, People v. Lisbon, 187 A.D.2d 457, 458; People v. Hall, 195 A.D.2d 521, 522). Additionally, the defendant's claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel is without merit ( see, People v. Ford, 86 N.Y.2d 397, 404; People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147; People v. Bataglia, 237 A.D.2d 295, 296).
Mangano, P. J., Joy, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.