Opinion
2004-09072.
May 16, 2006.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (DeRosa, J.), rendered September 29, 2004, convicting him of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, upon his guilty plea, and imposing sentence.
Michele Marte-Indzonka, Newburgh, N.Y., for appellant.
Francis D. Phillips II, District Attorney, Goshen, N.Y. (Daniel M. Reback of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Schmidt, J.P., Crane, Krausman, Skelos and Lunn, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to advise him that deportation was a possible consequence of his conviction is without merit ( see People v. McDonald, 1 NY3d 109, 114; People v. Ford, 86 NY2d 397, 404; People v. Sandher, 12 AD3d 464, 465).