People v. Blakes

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Chun, J.), rendered April 7, 2014, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, he was not deprived of the effective assistance of counsel merely because counsel failed to object to certain alleged errors at trial. Rather, the record as a whole demonstrates that counsel made cogent arguments, engaged in searching…