People v. Medina-Gonzalez

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Analisa Torres, J), rendered June 29, 2009, as amended July 17, 2009, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second and third degrees, criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree and unlawful possession of marijuana, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of six years, with five years’ postrelease supervision, affirmed.

Defendant contends he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel under the state and federal standards (see People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 713-714 [1998];…