People v Lebron
2007 NY Slip Op 07321 [44 AD3d 310]
October 2, 2007
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, December 12, 2007


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Elvin Lebron, Appellant.

[*1] Elvin Lebron, appellant pro se.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Richard Nahas of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), entered on or about September 19, 2006, which denied defendant's motion for DNA testing pursuant to CPL 440.30 (1-a), unanimously affirmed.

CPL 440.30 (1-a), which provides a procedure for convicted defendants to seek DNA testing, is inapplicable to persons who pleaded guilty (see People v Byrdsong, 33 AD3d 175 [2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 900 [2006]). Since defendant pleaded guilty, he may not avail himself of the provisions of the statute. Contrary to defendant's argument, this Court, in its previous decision noting the appropriate procedure for defendant to seek DNA testing (Matter of Lebron v Smith, 17 AD3d 195 [2005], lv dismissed 5 NY3d 737 [2005]), did not rule that he is entitled to such testing. We have considered and rejected defendant's remaining arguments. Concur—Lippman, P.J., Tom, Nardelli, Gonzalez and Kavanagh, JJ.