People v. Laffin

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Main, Jr., J.), rendered February 14, 2005 in Franklin County, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted burglary in the second degree.

Defendant pleaded guilty to the crime of attempted burglary in the second degree for which he was sentenced to, among other things, a term of incarceration of 2 Vs years and three years of postrelease supervision. On this appeal, defendant’s only contention is that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his attorney was unfamiliar with the sentencing provisions for a…