People v. Comfort

2018 NY Slip Op 6652

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: October 5, 2018
• Docket: 968 KA 13-00237
• Status: Published

Opinion

People v Comfort (2018 NY Slip Op 06652)

People v Comfort

2018 NY Slip Op 06652

Decided on October 5, 2018

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on October 5, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., CENTRA, LINDLEY, NEMOYER, AND TROUTMAN, JJ.

968 KA 13-00237

[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

v

JAMES E. COMFORT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 2.)

VAHEY MULDOON RESTON GETZ LLP, ROCHESTER (GARY MULDOON OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SYRACUSE (KENNETH H. TYLER, JR., OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

Appeal from an order of the Onondaga County Court (Donald E. Todd, A.J.), dated November 16, 2012. The order, insofar as appealed from, denied that part of defendant's motion seeking forensic DNA testing of evidence, pursuant to CPL 440.30 (1-a).

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Same memorandum as in People v Comfort ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [Oct. 5, 2018] [4th Dept 2018]).

Entered: October 5, 2018

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court