People v. Rose

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The orders of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. The charges stemmed from the sale of cocaine to an undercover State Police officer. Defendant asserts that he was denied effective assistance of counsel.

*839This contention is unsupported by the record. Defense counsel’s reliance on the testimony of a witness whose credibility was subsequently impeached on cross-examination may have…