People v. Hunter

Appeals (1) from an order of the County Court of Rensselaer County (McGrath, J.), entered December 7, 2005, granting defendant a hearing as to whether the People knowingly failed to disclose Brady material, and (2) from an order of said court, entered January 26, 2006, which granted defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment convicting him of the crime of sodomy in the first degree, without a hearing.

Defendant was indicted on charges of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree and menacing in the third degree. The charges…