People v. Rivera

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Harold Silverman, J.), rendered April 27, 1992, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted murder in the second degree, attempted robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 9 to 18 years, 7½ to 15 years and 3 to 6 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant had effective assistance of counsel, who after vigorously cross-examining the People’s witnesses at the Wade 'hearing, convinced the court that the higher…