People v. Gates

This is an application in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis to vacate and set aside a judgment entered in this court on the 14th day of February, 1967, convicting defendant, by a verdict of a jury, of murder in the first degree and sentencing him to life imprisonment.

Upon appeal, his conviction was affirmed by the Appellate Division (29 A D 2d 843) and by unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals (24 N Y 2d 666); and defendant now seeks postconviction relief.

Defendant claims, as the basis for this coram nobis motion, that his conviction resulted because of the improper admission into…