People v. Guzit

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Vaughan, J.), rendered October 17, 1996, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We reject the defendant’s contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. The defendant failed to demonstrate “ ‘the absence of strategic or other legitimate explanations’ for counsel’s alleged shortcomings” at trial (People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 712, quoting People v Rivera, 71 NY2d 705, 709; see, People v Satterfield, 66 NY2d…