Opinion
June 4, 1985
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Gorman, J.
Present — Dillon, P.J., Doerr, Denman, Boomer and Schnepp, JJ.
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The alleged instances of ineffective assistance of counsel cited by defendant involve trial strategy, and it appears from our review of the record that defendant received meaningful representation by his counsel at the trial and at the pretrial hearings (see, People v Lane, 60 N.Y.2d 748; People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147; see also, Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, reh denied ___ US ___, 104 S Ct 3562). Moreover, the prosecutor's failure to release Rosario material (People v. Rosario, 9 N.Y.2d 286, cert denied 368 U.S. 866), as required under CPL 240.45, constituted harmless error since the police report in question was essentially duplicative of material already in defendant's possession (see, People v. Payne, 52 N.Y.2d 743, 745). We have examined the other issues raised by defendant and find them to be without merit.