People v. Bent

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Richards, J.), entered March 22, *8832011, which denied defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction.

Defendant is a citizen of Jamaica, West Indies, who has resided in this country since he was nine years old. In 2009, defendant pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree in full satisfaction of a seven-count indictment pending against him. In accordance with the plea agreement, defendant was sentenced to five years of probation. After…