Opinion
2001-10554
Submitted September 25, 2003.
November 3, 2003.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Buchter, J.), rendered November 27, 2001, convicting him of rape in the first degree and burglary in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Steven R. Bernhard of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Noreen Healey of counsel), for respondent.
Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P., HOWARD MILLER, THOMAS A. ADAMS, SANDRA L. TOWNES, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, he was afforded the effective assistance of counsel ( see People v. Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708; People v. Anderson, 305 A.D.2d 611, lv denied 100 N.Y.2d 578; People v. Kessler, 176 A.D.2d 1202; People v. Keller, 175 A.D.2d 312).
ALTMAN, J.P., H. MILLER, ADAMS and TOWNES, JJ., concur.