Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Shawn McDowell, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-02-04
Citations: 15 A.D.3d 840
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Shawn McDowell, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 840–840

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Shawn McDowell, Appellant.
[789 NYS2d 378]

Opinion:
Appeal, by permission of a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, from an order of the Onondaga County Court (William D. Walsh, J.), entered May 2, 2002. The order denied defendant's motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment convicting defendant of rape in the first degree.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: County Court did not err in denying without a hearing the motion of defendant pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment convicting him of rape in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.35 [1]). In support of the motion, defendant contended that the court violated CPL 310.30 by failing to notify defendant and defense counsel of the contents of a note from the jury submitted in response to the court's questions concerning the status of deliberations. The note was clearly not a request for further instructions or information and, although issues under section 310.30 may be reviewed pursuant to section 440.10 (1) (f) (see People v Dixon, 221 AD2d 1005 [1995], lv denied 87 NY2d 972 [1996]), the note did not implicate the need for the procedures pursuant to People v O'Rama (78 NY2d 270 [1991]; see People v Damiano, 87 NY2d 477, 487 [1996]; People v Agosto, 73 NY2d 963, 966 [1989]). Present — Pigott, Jr., P.J., Kehoe, Martoche, Smith and Pine, JJ.