People v. Taveras

OPINION OF THE COURT

Herbert A. Posner, J.

On February 14, 1988, the defendant was convicted of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and was sentenced as a predicate felony offender to a concurrent indeterminate sentence of 7 to 14 years on each count. On April 1, 1991, the judgment of conviction and sentence were affirmed and leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals was denied on July 8, 1991. The defendant now moves to vacate the judgment and sentence pursuant to CPL article 440.

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