People v. Green

*1036Defendant also claims that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel refused to call witnesses whom the defendant wanted to testify at trial and refused to allow him to testify in his own behalf. At a hearing on defendant’s motion to vacate the judgment (CPL 440.10), defendant’s trial counsel testified that defendant had wanted him to call three jailhouse companions to testify that the victim had purchased cocaine from one and was buying drugs and having sexual relations with another. Counsel refused to call the witnesses because he learned that their story…