People v. Crippen

Appeal by the defendant (1) from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Cacciabaudo, J.), rendered December 1, 1986, convicting him of murder in the second degree (four counts), and burglary in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence; and (2), by permission, from an order of the same court, dated August 4, 1992, which denied his application pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction.

Ordered that the judgment and the order are affirmed.

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