People v. D'Alessandro

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Lippman.

Nearly 12 years after his conviction for kidnapping in the first degree and other related crimes was affirmed on direct appeal (People v D’Alessandro, 230 AD2d 656 [1st Dept 1996], Iv denied 89 NY2d 863 [1996]), defendant, represented by counsel, petitioned the Appellate Division for a writ of error coram nobis on the ground that his appellate counsel had been ineffective for failing to raise a speedy trial argument on the appeal. The Appellate Division deemed the application a motion to reargue an order of that court denying a previous coram nobis…