Opinion
May 23, 1988
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kooper, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The claim of the defendant that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel is without merit. The mere fact that the tactics and strategy of defense counsel ultimately proved unsuccessful cannot be equated with ineffective assistance (see, People v Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, on remand 87 A.D.2d 843, appeal after remand 96 A.D.2d 212; People v Rudd, 125 A.D.2d 613; People v Crevelle, 122 A.D.2d 153, lv denied 68 N.Y.2d 811).
We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions, including those in his supplemental pro se brief, and find them to be either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Bracken, J.P., Brown, Weinstein and Rubin, JJ., concur.