Opinion
2000-03452
Submitted February 28, 2002.
April 1, 2002.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Blackburne, J.), rendered March 31, 2000, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Andrew C. Fine, New York, N.Y. (Karen G. Leslie of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Richard Ng of counsel), for respondent.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, ANITA R. FLORIO, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, he received the effective assistance of counsel (see People v. Ford, 86 N.Y.2d 397; People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137; People v. Cordes, 270 A.D.2d 430; People v. Scalzo, 249 A.D.2d 494; People v. Hall, 224 A.D.2d 710).
The defendant's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.
SANTUCCI, J.P., ALTMAN, FLORIO and FEUERSTEIN, JJ., concur.