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People v. Armstrong

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 17, 1997
237 A.D.2d 452 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

March 17, 1997.

Appeal by the People from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Finnegan, J.), dated November 9, 1995, which granted the defendant's motion pursuant to CPL 330.30 (1) to set aside a jury verdict convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and granted a new trial.

Before: Rosenblatt, J.P., Miller, Ritter and Goldstein, JJ.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, the motion is denied, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings.

The trial court granted the defendant's motion to set aside the verdict pursuant to CPL 330.30 (1), based solely on the alleged ineffectiveness of trial counsel. Consequently, any other application for relief on any other basis is not properly before this Court ( see, CPL 470.15). Further, since the facts which formed the basis of the defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel did not appear in the trial record, the trial court erred in granting relief on that basis in the absence of a motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 ( see, People v Grossfeld, 216 AD2d 319; People v Leka, 209 AD2d 723).


Summaries of

People v. Armstrong

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 17, 1997
237 A.D.2d 452 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Armstrong

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. JESSE ARMSTRONG…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 17, 1997

Citations

237 A.D.2d 452 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
655 N.Y.S.2d 545

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