People v. Pratt

• Decision Date: 17 March 1997
• Citation: 655 N.Y.S.2d 968,237 A.D.2d 467
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Shawn PRATT, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Page 968

655 N.Y.S.2d 968

237 A.D.2d 467

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Shawn PRATT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department.

March 17, 1997.

Daniel L. Greenberg, New York City (Carol Santangelo of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Roseann B. MacKechnie, Ruth E. Ross, and Melissa M. Beck of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldberg, J.), rendered November 21, 1994, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant claims that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel. However, an examination of "the evidence, the law, and the circumstances of [this] particular case, viewed in totality" (People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147, 444 N.Y.S.2d 893, 429 N.E.2d 400; People v. Flores, 84 N.Y.2d 184, 187, 615 N.Y.S.2d 662, 639 N.E.2d 19) belies the defendant's claim and shows that he received meaningful representation (see, People v. Flores, supra, at 187, 615 N.Y.S.2d 662, 639 N.E.2d 19).

The defendant's remaining contention is unpreserved for appellate review (CPL 470.05[2]; People v. Charleston, 56 N.Y.2d 886, 453 N.Y.S.2d 399, 438 N.E.2d 1114) and, in any event, without merit.

BRACKEN, J.P., and O'BRIEN, KRAUSMAN and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.