People v. Flores

*186OPINION OF THE COURT

Bellacosa, J.

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of four counts of sodomy in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.50 [1], [2]), charges arising out of his deviate sexual intercourse with a six-year-old boy who lived in defendant’s apartment building. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Division, and a Judge of this Court granted leave to appeal. The sole dispositive issue before this Court is whether defendant was deprived of effective assistance of counsel at the trial level.

At the close of the People’s evidence, defense counsel, without requesting any relief…