Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
The decision to grant or deny a request to withdraw a guilty plea rests within the sound discretion of the court (People v Stubbs, 110 A.D.2d 725). The defendant made a full admission of the underlying facts of the crimes at the time of his pleas and acknowledged that he fully understood the rights he was waiving. His belated and unsubstantiated claims of innocence do not render his pleas defective (see, People v. Mota, 125 A.D.2d 609, lv denied 69 N.Y.2d 830). Mollen, P.J., Brown, Weinstein, Eiber and Harwood, JJ., concur.