Opinion
2000-04233.
Decided February 9, 2004.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Eng, J.), rendered April 27, 2000, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts), robbery in the second degree (three counts), assault in the first degree (two counts), and criminal possession of weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Laura R. Johnson, New York, N.Y. (Sheilah Fernandez of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Jennifer Hagan of counsel), for respondent.
Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, STEPHEN G. CRANE and BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, he was not denied the effective assistance of counsel. Viewing the record as a whole, the defendant received meaningful representation ( see People v. Henry, 95 N.Y.2d 563, 565; People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147; People v. Groonell, 256 A.D.2d 356, 357).
The sentence imposed was not excessive ( see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
ALTMAN, J.P., KRAUSMAN, CRANE and COZIER, JJ., concur.