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Thomas L. Pelych, Hornell, for Defendant-Appellant. Brooks T. Baker, District Attorney, Bath (John C. Tunney of Counsel), for Respondent. Appeal from a judgment of the Steuben County Court (Philip J. Roche, J.), rendered April 12, 2022. The judgment convicted defendant, upon her plea of guilty, of attempted robbery in the first degree. It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting her, upon her plea of guilty, of attempted robbery in the first degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 160.15 [2]). We reject defendant’s contention that County Court erred in denying her motion to withdraw her guilty plea. “[P]ermission to withdraw a guilty plea rests solely within the court’s discretion . . . , and refusal to permit withdrawal does not constitute an abuse of discretion unless there is some evidence of innocence, fraud, or mistake in inducing [a] plea” (People v. Floyd, 210 AD3d 1530, 1530 [4th Dept 2022], lv denied 39 NY3d 1072 [2023] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see People v. Alexander, 203 AD3d 1569, 1570 [4th Dept 2022], lv denied 38 NY3d 1031 [2022]). In support of her motion, defendant submitted an affidavit from a codefendant purporting to absolve her of guilt. We conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion because, among other things, the circumstances rendered the codefendant’s affidavit inherently unreliable (see People v. Sparcino, 78 AD3d 1508, 1509 [4th Dept 2010], lv denied 16 NY3d 746 [2011]; see generally People v. Caruso, 88 AD3d 809, 809-810 [2d Dept 2011], lv denied 18 NY3d 923 [2012]; People v. Griffin, 4 AD3d 674, 675 [3d Dept 2004]). Defendant contends that the period of incarceration to which she was sentenced is unduly harsh and severe. Where, as here, a defendant receives the minimum term of incarceration authorized by law, that part of the sentence cannot be considered unduly harsh or severe (see People v. Newsome, 198 AD3d 1357, 1358-1359 [4th Dept 2021], lv denied 37 NY3d 1147 [2021]; People v. Griffith, 181 AD3d 1170, 1172 [4th Dept 2020], lv denied 35 NY3d 1045 [2020]).

 
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