Opinion
June 5, 1989
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Appelman, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5).
We find that the defendant received "meaningful representation" at trial (People v. Hewlett, 71 N.Y.2d 841; People v. Jones, 55 N.Y.2d 771; People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137). Considered as a whole, defense counsel's performance was sufficiently competent to satisfy the defendant's constitutional right to effective assistance (People v. Chang, 129 A.D.2d 722; People v. Reilly, 128 A.D.2d 649).
We have considered the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Rubin, J.P., Sullivan, Harwood and Balletta, JJ., concur.