People v. Feldes

OPINION OF THE COURT

The issue presented by this appeal arises from a gap in the statutory scheme for appeals from local criminal court judgments when the proceedings have not been stenographically recorded. In such a case, the defendant files a notice of appeal, accompanied or followed by an affidavit of errors that sets forth the defendant’s allegations concerning the errors in the local court proceeding (CPL 460.10 [3] [a]). In theory, the local court then responds by filing within 10 days a return with the appellate court to which the appeal has been taken; the return sets forth or…