People v. Perez

Decision Date01 March 1993
Citation191 A.D.2d 466,594 N.Y.S.2d 285
PartiesThe PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Angel PEREZ, Appellant.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Angel Perez, pro se.

Charles J. Hynes, Dist. Atty., Brooklyn (Jay M. Cohen, Roseann B. MacKechnie, and Shulamit Rosenblum, of counsel), for respondent.

Before BRACKEN, J.P., and EIBER, RITTER and SANTUCCI, JJ.

MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.

Appeal by the defendant, by permission, from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kriendler, J.), dated July 8, 1991, which denied his pro se motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate his judgment of conviction of murder in the second degree, rendered July 2, 1986, upon a jury verdict, and (2) so much of an order of the same court, dated August 26, 1991, as, upon reargument, adhered to the original determination.

ORDERED that the appeal from the order dated July 8, 1991, is dismissed, as that order was superseded by the order dated August 26, 1991, made upon reargument; and it is further,

ORDERED that the order dated August 26, 1991, is affirmed insofar as appealed from.

The defendant's judgment of conviction was previously affirmed by this court (see, People v. Perez, 154 A.D.2d 485, 546 N.Y.S.2d 31).

The defendant's argument that the Trial Justice improperly refused to recuse himself from deciding the defendant's motion to vacate the judgment of conviction is without merit. That the motion to vacate required the Trial Justice to review his own determinations at the trial was insufficient to require recusal as a matter of law (see, People v. Moreno, 70 N.Y.2d 403, 405-406, 521 N.Y.S.2d 663, 516 N.E.2d 200).

The defendant's remaining contentions either could have been raised on direct appeal from the judgment of conviction, or were raised on the direct appeal and found to be without merit.

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  • People v. Lewis
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court
    • 2 Marzo 1995
    ...a motion to vacate a judgment should be decided by the Justice who presided over the judgment of conviction (People v. Perez, 191 A.D.2d 466, 467, 594 N.Y.S.2d 285; Katz v. Denzer, 70 A.D.2d 548, 549, 416 N.Y.S.2d 607). However, a Judge/Justice who is disqualified from presiding over a moti......
  • People v. Parra
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • 1 Marzo 1993
  • People v. Perez
    • United States
    • New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals
    • 30 Abril 1993
    ...776 598 N.Y.S.2d 776 81 N.Y.2d 975, 615 N.E.2d 233 People v. Perez (Angel) Court of Appeals of New York Apr 30, 1993 Titone, J. 191 A.D.2d 466, 594 N.Y.S.2d 285 App.Div. 2, Kings Denied. ...

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