People v. Ockrey

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Thomas Ockrey, also…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Aug 3, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 5722 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

2013-08204

08-03-2016

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Thomas Ockrey, also known as Ockrey Thomas, appellant.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Jenin Younes of counsel), for appellant, and appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Keith Dolan, and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP [Christopher B. Greene], of counsel), for respondent.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

REINALDO E. RIVERA SANDRA L. SGROI JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ. (Ind. No. 275/08)

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Jenin Younes of counsel), for appellant, and appellant pro se.

Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Keith Dolan, and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP [Christopher B. Greene], of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Gary, J.), rendered July 19, 2013, convicting him of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention, raised in his main brief and his pro se supplemental brief, that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel is based, in part, on matter appearing on the record and, in part, on matter outside the record, and thus constitutes a "mixed claim" of ineffective assistance (People v Maxwell, 89 AD3d 1108, 1109; see People v Evans, 16 NY3d 571, 575). In this case, it is not evident from the matter appearing on the record that the defendant was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel (see People v Fabers, 133 AD3d 616, 617-618; People v Addison, 107 AD3d 730, 732). Since the defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel cannot be resolved without reference to matter outside the record, a CPL 440.10 proceeding is the appropriate forum for reviewing the claim in its entirety (see People v Guzman, 138 AD3d 1140; People v Renaud, 137 AD3d 818, 820-821; People v Addison, 107 AD3d at 732; People v Freeman, 93 AD3d 805, 806; People v Maxwell, 89 AD3d at 1109).

MASTRO, J.P., RIVERA, SGROI and MALTESE, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court