People v. Mingo

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J.), entered on or about August 4, 2008, which summarily denied defendant’s CPL 440.10 motion to vacate a judgment rendered February 14, 2005, unanimously affirmed.

The court correctly denied defendant’s CPL 440.10 motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. We find that defendant received effective assistance under the state and federal standards (see People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 713-714 [1998]; Strickland v Washington, 466 US 668 [1984]). Regardless of whether trial counsel actually viewed the entirety of a surveillance…