People v. Carlaftes

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Lange, J.), rendered July 22, 1994, convicting him of rape in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We disagree with the defendant’s contention that he did not receive the effective assistance of counsel. The defense counsel’s *313failure to make pretrial motions did not render her performance ineffective in this case (see, People v Rivera, 71 NY2d 705, 709; People v Strempack, 71 NY2d 1015; People v Jackson, 186 AD2d 389). Under the totality of the…