People v. Cipolla

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Bell, J. at hearing; Jerome Hornblass, J. at jury trial and sentence), rendered on or about February 19, 1988, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and sentencing her to three years’ probation, unanimously affirmed.

*558Defendant did not meet her burden of establishing that assigned counsel failed to inform her of her right to testify before the grand jury. In support of her motion pursuant to CPL 190.50, defendant submitted the affirmations of two attorneys whom she subsequently retained. Neither had…