People v. Leader

Lahtinen, J.P.

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the County Court of Rensselaer County (Ceresia, J), entered May 1, 2012, which denied defendant’s motion pursuant to CEL 440.10 to vacate the judgment convicting him of the crimes of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, without a hearing.

Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree in May 1999 and was thereafter sentenced to an aggregate prison term of 25 years to life. His conviction was affirmed by this Court on direct…