People v. Hennessey

Appeals (1) from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Herrick, J.), rendered April 25, 2012, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of aggravated harassment in the second degree as a hate crime (two counts) and, (2) by permission, from an order of said court, entered *1167November 8, 2012, which denied defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction, without a hearing.

Defendant was charged in an indictment with 11 counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree as a hate crime, after he made anonymous telephone calls to…