Opinion
No. 2005-09799.
January 22, 2008.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Buchter, J.), rendered September 6, 2005, convicting him of assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Anna Pervukhin of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Sharon Y. Brodt, and John F. McGoldrick of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Mastro, J.P., Covello, Angiolillo and Balkin, JJ.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was not deprived of the effective assistance of counsel ( see People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 712; People v Hobot, 84 NY2d 1021, 1022; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137, 147; cf. People v Echavarria, 167 AD2d 138; People v Huggins, 164 AD2d 784).