Opinion
2002-00135
Submitted March 19, 2003.
March 31, 2003.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Gazzillo, J.), rendered August 22, 2001, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Daniel Guttmann, Smithtown, N.Y., for appellant.
Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Brian J. Counihan of counsel), for respondent.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, LEO F. McGINITY, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, STEPHEN G. CRANE, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is belied by the record (see People v. Bristol, 273 A.D.2d 248, 249). The defendant admitted at the plea proceeding that he had an adequate opportunity to speak to his attorney, and that he was satisfied with his legal representation (see People v. Harris, 222 A.D.2d 522, 523).
SANTUCCI, J.P., KRAUSMAN, McGINITY, SCHMIDT and CRANE, JJ., concur.