People v. Vilfort

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael A. Corriere, J.), rendered August 11, 2004, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of three counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 3V2 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

*369Defendant claims his counsel provided ineffective assistance when, after two prospective jurors said that defendant’s failure to testify might impact their decision, counsel declined the court’s suggestion that he question them further, and permitted them to be seated without exercising any type of challenge. This claim is…