People v. Ragbirsingh

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (McKay, J.), rendered September 20, 2011, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was not deprived of the effective assistance of counsel. Viewing the record as a whole, the defendant was provided with meaningful representation (see People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 712 [1998]; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137, 147 [1981]). Moreover, trial counsel’s failure to move to suppress certain statements based on the alleged…