People v. Anderson

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Christopher J. Burns, J.), rendered May 1, 2012. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of grand larceny in the third degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of grand larceny in the third degree (Penal Law § 155.35 [1]). We reject defendant’s contention that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. Defendant failed “to demonstrate the absence of strategic or other legitimate explanations”…