New York County Courts, 1964

People v. Macchi

People v. Macchi
New York County Courts · Decided October 22, 1964 · Christiana
44 Misc. 2d 170; 253 N.Y.S.2d 240; 1964 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1365

Counsel

Michael Le Sawyer for appellant. Warren Zittell, District Attorney, for respondent.

People v. Macchi

Opinion of the Court

William F. Christiana, J.

In a coram nobis proceeding, defendant appeals to this court from an order of the City Court of the City of Hudson, entered July 9, 1964, which denied, without a hearing, defendant’s application to vacate a judgment of said City Court, rendered July 31, 1963, upon defendant ’s plea of guilty convicting him of a violation of section 986-b of the Penal Law and imposing sentence.

Defendant, in his moving papers, claims he was threatened by the State Police and coerced into a guilty plea.

These issues could have been raised upon appeal. No appeal was taken. It is settled law that the remedy of coram nobis should not be substituted for that of an appeal. (People v. Zito, 18 A D 2d 668; People v. Morrison, 14 A D 2d 887; People v. De Groat, 13 A D 2d 557.)

*171Order of the City Court of the City of Hudson is affirmed on the opinion of City Judge Lieberman (People v. Macchi, 43 Misc 2d 542). (See, also, People v. Caminito, 3 N Y 2d 596, affg. 4 A D 2d 697; People v. Brown, 20 A D 2d 570; People v. Upson, 20 A D 2d 572.)

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