People v. Beckingham

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the County Court of Otsego County (Burns, J.), entered July 14, 2014, which denied defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment convicting him of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, after a hearing.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree in connection with the death of his wife. Upon his direct appeal, we affirmed (57 AD3d 1098 [2008], lv denied 13 NY3d 742 [2009]). He thereafter moved pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction on the basis that, among other…