People v. West

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Mullen, J.), rendered August 12, 2009, convicting him of rape in the first degree and rape in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel (see People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 712 [1998]; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137, 147 [1981]). However, the record in this case demonstrates that defense counsel effectively cross-examined the People’s witnesses, presented an alibi defense, made…