People v. Thwaites

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lombardo, J.), rendered April 15, 1986, convicting him of murder in the second degree and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the criminal proceedings in their entirety, we are of the opinion that the defendant received meaningful and effective representation by counsel (see, People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137). Under the circumstances of this case, the defense counsel’s failure to request an instruction on the mitigating defense of extreme…