Opinion
Submitted January 24, 2001
February 26, 2001.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Pano Z. Patsalos, J.), rendered July 2, 1998, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Laurie T. McDermott, Sugar Loaf, N.Y., for appellant.
Francis D. Phillips II, District Attorney, Goshen, N.Y. (Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for respondent.
Before: BRACKEN, ACTING P.J., S. MILLER, McGINITY and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, he was not denied the effective assistance of counsel (see, People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137).
The defendant waived his right to claim on appeal that his sentence was harsh and excessive (see, People v. Allen, 82 N.Y.2d 761; People v. Thomas, 262 A.D.2d 588).