Opinion
June 22, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Finnegan, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to object to evidence that impermissibly bolstered the identification of the defendant, failed to object to improper cross-examination which destroyed the defendant's credibility, and failed to adequately advance the defendant's defense. We disagree (see, People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137). The defense counsel cross-examined the People's witnesses, effectively examined the defendant, raised appropriate objections throughout the trial, requested appropriate charges, and made cogent arguments in his summation by bringing out the weakness in the People's case and by emphasizing his contention that the defendant was the victim of misidentification. This conduct does not constitute ineffective assistance (see, e.g., People v. Blackman, 173 A.D.2d 482; People v. Badia, 159 A.D.2d 577, 578-579).
The defendant's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Rosenblatt, J.P., Miller, Copertino and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.