People v. Govan

2026 NY Slip Op 00717

Opinion

People v Govan (2026 NY Slip Op 00717)

People v Govan

2026 NY Slip Op 00717

Decided on February 11, 2026

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

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Decided on February 11, 2026 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., BANNISTER, GREENWOOD, NOWAK, AND HANNAH, JJ.

914 KA 24-00207

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

v

DARIEN GOVAN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 3.)

JULIE CIANCA, PUBLIC DEFENDER, ROCHESTER (ALEXANDER PRIETO OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

DARIEN GOVAN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT PRO SE.

SANDRA DOORLEY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ROCHESTER (GRAZINA HARPER OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

Appeal, by permission of a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, from an order of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (Victoria M. Argento, J.), entered January 3, 2024. The order denied the motion of defendant to vacate a judgment of conviction pursuant to CPL 440.10.

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

Same memorandum as in People v Govan ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [Feb. 11, 2026] [4th Dept 2026]).

Entered: February 11, 2026

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court