People v. Reynolds

—Peters, J.

Appeals (1) from a judgment of the County Court of Essex County (Dawson, J.), rendered August 2, 1993, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crimes of murder in the second degree (two counts) and burglary in the first degree and (2) from an order of said court, entered August 23, 1994, which denied defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate said judgment of conviction, without a hearing.

On July 14, 1992, defendant, accompanied by his cousin, Kelvin Curran, broke down the door of a residence owned by Thomas Hicks and Rita Hicks, a retired couple living in the…