Opinion
February 6, 1984
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Coutant, J.), rendered August 21, 1981, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. Under the circumstances of this case, defendant's claim that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel is without merit (see People v Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137). Gibbons, J.P., Bracken, Brown and Niehoff, JJ., concur.