People v. Williams

Appeals (1) from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Mathews, J.), rendered March 6, 2001, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of sodomy in the first degree, and (2) by permission, from an order of said court, entered July 18, 2002, which denied defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction, without a hearing.

In satisfaction of a four-count indictment, defendant pleaded *538guilty to the charge of sodomy in the first degree with the understanding that he would be sentenced to a five-year determinate term of imprisonment. Prior to…