People v. Brown

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Bernstein, J.), rendered May 27, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of rape in the first degree and sentencing him to concurrent indeterminate terms of imprisonment of from 5 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed. Order of same court, entered on or about October 3, 1989, which denied, without a hearing, defendant’s motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 (1) to vacate the judgment of conviction, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s claim that the court improperly precluded testimony concerning his alleged self-serving postarrest…