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People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 1, 2004
5 A.D.3d 407 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

2003-02851.

Decided March 1, 2004.

Appeal by the defendant, by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kron, J.), dated March 13, 2003, which denied his motion pursuant to CPL 440.10(1)(h), to vacate a judgment of the same court rendered March 23, 2000, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Scott Brettschneider, Uniondale, N.Y. (Randall D. Unger of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Donna Aldea, and Daniel Bresnahan of counsel), for respondent.

Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, THOMAS A. ADAMS and STEPHEN G. CRANE, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed.

A motion to vacate a judgment of conviction pursuant to CPL 440.10(1)(h) cannot be made as a substitute for a direct appeal from the judgment when the defendant could have raised his claims on appeal, but failed to do so. Therefore, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendant's motion on that ground ( see People v. Cooks, 67 N.Y.2d 100, 104; People v. Kotler, 271 A.D.2d 548, 549).

The defendant's remaining contention is without merit.

RITTER, J.P., SANTUCCI, ADAMS and CRANE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 1, 2004
5 A.D.3d 407 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

People v. Williams

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. WYKIM WILLIAMS, appellant

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

Date published: Mar 1, 2004

Citations

5 A.D.3d 407 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
771 N.Y.S.2d 911

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