People v. Baker

Appeal by the defendant from a resentence of the County Court, Dutchess County (Forman, J.), imposed August 4, 2011, upon his convictions of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, after remittitur from this Court for hearings on those branches of his motion which were pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction on the ground that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel because trial *1059counsel did not properly investigate his criminal history for sentencing purposes and pursuant to CPL 440.20 to…