Opinion
Submitted March 9, 2000.
April 24, 2000.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Finnegan, J.), rendered November 12, 1997, convicting him of kidnapping in the first degree (three counts), burglary in the first degree, robbery in the first degree (two counts), and unlawful imprisonment in the second degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Randall D. Unger, Kew Gardens, N.Y., for appellant, and appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent.
FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., DANIEL W. JOY, THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that reversal is required by the trial court's alleged denigration of defense counsel and demonstration of favoritism toward the prosecution is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05; People v. Udzinski, 146 A.D.2d 245 ). In any event, the claim is without merit (see, People v. Man Xing Guo, 271 A.D.2d 700 [decided herewith]).
There is no merit to the defendant's contention that he was deprived of the effective assistance of trial counsel. The record fails to support that contention as it demonstrates that trial counsel rendered meaningful representation to the defendant at all stages of the proceedings (see, People v. Ellis, 81 N.Y.2d 854, 856 ;People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147 ; People v. Boyd, 244 A.D.2d 497 ).
The sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80 ).
The defendant's remaining contentions contained in his supplemental pro se brief are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.