Opinion
July 18, 1994
Appeal from the County Court, Suffolk County (Tisch, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find that the defense counsel's strategy and tactics, which were partly successful in view of the defendant's acquittal of one of the two assault charges submitted to the jury, were diligently pursued and do not warrant reversal based on the defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel (see generally, People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137; People v. Crandall, 172 A.D.2d 618).
We further find that the trial court's Sandoval ruling was proper (see, People v. Reyes, 193 A.D.2d 767; People v. Jay, 187 A.D.2d 454).
Moreover, the defendant's sentence was not excessive (see, People v. Delgado, 80 N.Y.2d 780; People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are either dehors the record or are without merit. Bracken, J.P., Altman, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.