People v. Hammond

Kane J.

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the County Court of Albany County (Turner, Jr., J.), entered August 14, 1986, which denied defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment convicting him of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (three counts) and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (two counts), without a hearing.

Defendant alleges that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in that his trial attorney did not properly prepare his case and did not interview certain witnesses that defendant *870claims…