Opinion
No. 2007-07985.
May 26, 2009.
Appeal by the defendant, by permission, from so much of an order of the County Court, Nassau County (Carter, J.), entered July 2, 2007, as denied that branch of his motion which was, in effect, pursuant to CPL 440.20 to vacate a sentence of the same court (Belfi, J.), imposed February 25, 2004, upon his conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, upon a jury verdict.
Steven A. Feldman, Uniondale, N.Y. (Arza Feldman of counsel), for appellant.
Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert A. Schwartz and Cristin N. Connell of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Rivera, J.P., Covello, Dickerson and Chambers, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from.
The County Court properly denied that branch of the defendant's motion which was, in effect, to vacate his sentence ( see People v Smith, 73 NY2d 961, 962-963; People v Hamilton, 205 AD2d 706, 707).