People v. Vacante

Appeal by the defendant, by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Aiello, J.), dated June 8, 1993, which denied his motion, pursuant to CPL 440.10, to vacate a judgment of conviction rendered November 8, 1989, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the order is affirmed.

At a pretrial hearing, a witness made reference to the audiotapes forming the basis of the defendant’s present Rosario claim and the defense counsel made no request for them at that time or at the trial. Inasmuch as the defendant had…