People v. Chung

Appeal by the defendant, by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Spires, J.), dated August 19, 1999, which, without a hearing, denied his motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate a judgment of the same court, rendered September 9, 1998, convicting him of assault in the second degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the order is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s assertion, he was not denied the effective assistance of counsel'. The failure of the defendant’s attorney to call him and various witnesses…