People v. Corso

Memorandum. The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and defendant’s motion to be resentenced denied.

In order to be entitled to a hearing on a claim that he was not advised of the right to appeal (see People v Montgomery, 24 NY2d 130), a defendant whose conviction resulted from a plea of guilty must have disputed the validity of the judgment of conviction and demonstrate a "genuine appealable issue which, but for ignorance of or improper advice as to his rights, he might have raised on appeal” (People v Melton, 35 NY2d 327, 330; People v Lynn, 28 NY2d 196, 203-205). In People v…