People v Susan C.
2023 NY Slip Op 03643 [217 AD3d 1576]
June 30, 2023
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, August 9, 2023


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 The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Susan C., Appellant.

Keem Appeals, PLLC, Syracuse (Bradley E. Keem of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

William J. Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, Syracuse (Elisabeth Dannan of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Onondaga County Court (Thomas J. Miller, J.), dated December 31, 2021. The order denied the application of defendant for resentencing pursuant to CPL 440.47.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: On appeal from an order denying her application for resentencing pursuant to the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (see CPL 440.47), defendant contends that she was denied meaningful representation at the hearing on the application. We reject that contention. Viewing the evidence, the law, and the circumstances of this case in totality and as of the time of representation, we conclude that defense counsel provided defendant with meaningful representation (see generally People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137, 147 [1981]). Present—Smith, J.P., Lindley, Curran, Bannister and Ogden, JJ.