PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ

1602, 3669/02

76 A.D.3d 122 (2010)

904 N.Y.S.2d 24

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STEVEN SANCHEZ, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided June 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Greenberg , Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City ( Matthew L. Mazur and Rosemary Herbert of counsel), for appellant.

Robert T. Johnson , District Attorney, Bronx ( Justin J. Braun and Peter D. Coddington of counsel), for respondent.

SWEENY, MOSKOWITZ, ACOSTA and ABDUS-SALAAM, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

TOM, J.P.

Defendant, who was found guilty of one count of depraved indifference murder, appeals from the denial of his motion to vacate the judgment of conviction in which he alleged that his trial counsel, Lynne Stewart,1 failed to provide him with effective assistance, in violation of his constitutional rights (CPL 440.10 [1] [h]). A Justice of this Court granted leave to appeal (CPL 460.15), and we now...

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