Opinion
March 1, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kriendler, J.).
Ordered that the appeal from the order dated July 8, 1991, is dismissed, as that order was superseded by the order dated August 26, 1991, made upon reargument; and it is further,
Ordered that the order dated August 26, 1991, is affirmed insofar as appealed from.
The defendant's judgment of conviction was previously affirmed by this Court (see, People v. Perez, 154 A.D.2d 485).
The defendant's argument that the Trial Justice improperly refused to recuse himself from deciding the defendant's motion to vacate the judgment of conviction is without merit. That the motion to vacate required the Trial Justice to review his own determinations at the trial was insufficient to require recusal as a matter of law (see, People v. Moreno, 70 N.Y.2d 403, 405-406).
The defendant's remaining contentions either could have been raised on direct appeal from the judgment of conviction, or were raised on the direct appeal and found to be without merit. Bracken, J.P., Eiber, Ritter and Santucci, JJ., concur.