People v. Beckingham

Appeals by permission, (1) from an order of the County Court of Otsego County (Burns, J.), entered July 21, 2011, which denied defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment convicting him of the crime of man*1299slaughter in the first degree, without a hearing, and (2) from an order of said court, entered September 26, 2011, which denied defendant’s motion for reconsideration.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree in connection with his wife’s death. The People established that the victim died as a result of injuries that she…