People v Jon
2006 NYSlipOp 01239
February 16, 2006
Appellate Division, First Department
As corrected through Wednesday, April 19, 2006


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Raymon Jon, Appellant.

[*1]Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), rendered March 17, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 1½ to 4½ years, and order, same court and Justice, entered on or about July 8, 2003, which denied defendant's CPL 440.10 motion to vacate the judgment, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning credibility (see People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84, 94 [1903]).

The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's CPL 440.10 motion without a hearing (see CPL 440.30 [4] [a], [b]). Although defendant claimed that his trial attorney rendered ineffective assistance by failing to call a particular witness, defendant's moving papers gave no indication of the substance of the potential witness's testimony (see People v Session, 34 NY2d 254 [1974]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Friedman, Gonzalez, Sweeny and McGuire, JJ.


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