People v Colon
2010 NY Slip Op 03248 [72 AD3d 558]
April 22, 2010
Appellate Division, First Department
As corrected through Wednesday, June 9, 2010


The People of the State of New York,Respondent,
v
Mario Colon, Also Known as Mario Conlon,Appellant.

[*1]Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Laura Boyd of counsel), forappellant. Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Kayonia L. Whetstone of counsel), forrespondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven Lloyd Barrett, J.), rendered May 4, 2006,convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of grand larceny in the second degree, andsentencing him to a term of 1 to 3 years, and order, same court and Justice, entered on or aboutJuly 28, 2008, which denied defendant's CPL 440.10 motion to vacate the judgment,unanimously affirmed.

After a thorough hearing on the CPL 440.10 motion, the court properly found thatdefendant's plea was voluntary and that it was made with effective assistance of counsel (seePeople v Ford, 86 NY2d 397, 404 [1995]). There is no basis for disturbing the court'sdeterminations concerning credibility. The record of the plea, sentencing and hearing completelyrefutes defendant's present claims. Concur—Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Acosta, DeGrasse andRichter, JJ.


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