Opinion
June 18, 1999
Appeal from Order of Onondaga County Court, Burke, J. — CPL art 440.
PRESENT: GREEN, J. P., LAWTON, PIGOTT, JR., CALLAHAN AND BALIO, JJ.
Order unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court properly denied defendant's motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction. The contention that the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment pursuant to CPL 30.30 was previously determined on the merits on defendant's direct appeal from the judgment of conviction (see, People v. Baxter, 216 A.D.2d 931), and the court was therefore required to deny the motion insofar as it was based upon that ground (see, CPL 440.10 [a]; People v. Marvin, 258 A.D.2d 964 [decided Feb. 10, 1999]; People v. Hernandez, 191 A.D.2d 511, 512, lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 1014). The court was also required to deny the motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 (2) (c) insofar as it was based upon the alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The alleged deficiencies in trial counsel's performance appear on the trial record, and thus the issue could have been raised on defendant's direct appeal (see, People v. Wong, 262 A.D.2d 724 [decided Dec. 10, 1998]; People v. Pachay, 185 A.D.2d 287, lv dismissed 81 N.Y.2d 890, lv denied 82 N.Y.2d 757). Finally, vacatur of the judgment of conviction is not warranted based upon the purported discovery of evidence relevant to the credibility of a witness at the reconstruction hearing (see, People v. Powell, 96 A.D.2d 610).