People v. Munford

2017 NY Slip Op 5512, 152 A.D.3d 415, 54 N.Y.S.3d 856

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: July 6, 2017
• Docket: 8116/98 4416 4415
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles H. Solomon, J.), entered on or about November 24, 2015, which granted defendant’s CPL 440.10 motion to vacate an April 13, 1999 judgment of conviction, unanimously reversed, on the law, the motion denied, and the conviction reinstated. Appeal from order, same court (Neil E. Ross, J.), entered on or about April 12, 2016, which, upon reargument, adhered to the November 24, 2015 determination, unanimously dismissed, as academic.

The court granted the motion on the ground that the automatic vacatur rule of People v Catu (4 NY3d 242 [2005]) applies retroactively. The Court of Appeals has subsequently rejected that proposition (People v Smith, 28 NY3d 191 [2016]).

Any allegations of prejudice raised by defendant in his pro se submission to the motion court were insufficient to warrant a hearing.

Concur — Tom, J.P., Richter, Manzanet-Daniels, Maz-zarelli and Gische, JJ.