People v. Ali

The Ali Case

The defendant appeals from an order of the County Court of Schenectady County, which denied without a hearing a cor am nobis application to vacate a judgment of conviction rendered upon a plea of guilty. In his application defendant contended that he had been unlawfully deprived of his right to appeal from the judgment by reason of his assigned counsel’s failure to advise him of such right. In rejecting this contention, the County Court found that because of previous convictions, defendant was aware of and could have protected his rights by filing a notice of appeal had he so…