Opinion
No. 2009-09108.
March 29, 2011.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Gulotta, Jr., J.), rendered September 11, 2009, convicting him of forgery in the second degree and identity theft in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Richard J. Barbuto, Babylon, N.Y., for appellant.
Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Barbara Kornblau and Louis L. Sternberg of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Rivera, J.P., Angiolillo, Eng and Sgroi, JJ.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, his plea of guilty was knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently entered ( see People v Fiumefreddo, 82 NY2d 536, 543; People v Harris, 61 NY2d 9, 17).
Moreover, the defendant was provided with effective assistance of counsel ( see Strickland v Washington, 466 US 668; People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 712). The defendant failed to demonstrate that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel by the attorney who represented him during the plea negotiation process ( see People v Fernandez, 5 NY3d 813, 814; People v Basagoitia, 55 AD3d 619, 620-621; People v Goldberg, 33 AD3d 1018, 1019).