People v. Hoyte

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Torres, J.), entered on or about November 8, 1999, which granted defendant’s motion to vacate a judgment, same court and Justice, rendered October 30, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 15 years to life, and ordered a new trial, unanimously reversed, on the law, the conviction reinstated and defendant’s motion to vacate his judgment of conviction remitted for a hearing.

Contrary to the People’s assertion, the…