Kane, J.
Following a lengthy trial, defendant was convicted of intentional murder in the second degree for beating the victim to death with a baseball bat. County Court imposed the maximum sentence and later denied, without a hearing, defendant's motion to vacate the judgment of conviction. Defendant appeals both his conviction and the denial of his postconviction motion. Of the myriad arguments defendant raises, we address only dispositive issues and some that could...
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