People v. Bennett

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.), rendered June 13, 1979, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and sentencing him as a “predicate felon”. By order of this court dated July 13,1981, the case was remitted to Criminal Term to hear and report on defendant’s claim that his predicate felony conviction had been obtained in violation of his constitutional rights (see CPL 400.21, subd 7, par [b]) and the appeal has been held in abeyance in the interim {People…