PEOPLE v. BURNS

2021-02435. Ind. No. 3916/96.

207 A.D.3d 646 (2022)

172 N.Y.S.3d 90

2022 NY Slip Op 04638

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Thomas Burns, Appellant.

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

Decided July 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kate Mogulescu , Brooklyn, NY ( Laurette D. Mulry [ Felice Milani ] and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP [ David M. Stuart , Andrew Wiktor , and Matthew Nussbaum ], of counsel), for appellant.

Raymond A. Tierney , District Attorney, Riverhead, NY ( Kathleen Becker Langlan of counsel), for respondent.

Iannacci, J.P., Miller, Genovesi and Ford, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, on the facts, and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, that branch of the defendant's motion which was pursuant to CPL 440.47 to vacate the sentence imposed upon his conviction of murder in the second degree, and to be resentenced on that conviction in accordance with Penal Law § 60.12 is granted, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, for further proceedings...

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