Opinion
Submitted June 22, 1999
October 4, 1999
Randall D. Unger, Kew Gardens, N.Y., for appellant.
William L. Murphy, District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Karen F. McGee of counsel), for respondent.
WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (J. Goldberg, J.), rendered December 19, 1996, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel is without merit (see, People v. Ellis, 81 N.Y.2d 854; People v. Garcia, 75 N.Y.2d 973; People v. Rivera, 71 N.Y.2d 705; People v. Wicker, 229 A.D.2d 602; People v. Sullivan, 153 A.D.2d 223).
The defendant's sentence was not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
THOMPSON, J.P., FRIEDMANN, SCHMIDT, and SMITH, JJ., concur.