People v Pinto (2018 NY Slip Op 08331) People v Pinto 2018 NY Slip Op 08331 Decided on December 5, 2018 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on December 5, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P. SANDRA L. SGROI COLLEEN D. DUFFY HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ. 2017-04884 [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, vElvin Pinto, appellant. (S.C.I. No. 10034/03) Labe M. Richman, New York, NY, for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Tina Grillo of counsel), for respondent. DECISION & ORDER Appeal by the defendant, by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Douglas Wong, J.), dated December 7, 2016, which, after a hearing, denied his motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate a judgment of the same court rendered April 24, 2003, convicting him of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. ORDERED that the order is affirmed. The defendant, a native of Colombia and a lawful permanent resident of the United States, pleaded guilty to attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. The defendant was sentenced on April 24, 2003, to five years' probation. Following the defendant's application for citizenship made in 2012, removal proceedings were initiated against him on the ground that his 2003 conviction was an aggravated felony mandating deportation (see 8 USC § 1101[a][43]). By notice of motion dated July 3, 2014, the defendant moved to vacate his judgment of conviction pursuant to CPL 440.10 on the ground that he had been denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel because his attorney provided him with incorrect advice regarding the immigration consequences of his plea. By order dated September 22, 2014, the Supreme Court denied the defendant's motion without a hearing. By decision and order dated November 18, 2015, this Court reversed the order dated September 22, 2014, and remitted the matter to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for a hearing and a new determination thereafter of the defendant's motion to vacate the judgment of conviction (see People v Pinto, 133 AD3d 787). By order dated December 7, 2016, the Supreme Court, after a hearing, denied the defendant's motion. The defendant failed to demonstrate that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel under either the federal or state constitutional standards (see US Const Amend VI; NY Const, art I, § 6; Strickland v Washington, 466 US 668; People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137). Although Padilla v Kentucky (559 US 356) is inapplicable to this case because the defendant's conviction became final before Padilla was decided (see Chaidez v United States, 568 US 342; People v Baret, ...
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