People v. Fernandez

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), entered on or about June 13, 2006, which denied defendant’s CPL 440.10 motion to vacate a judgment, same court (Leslie Crocker Snyder, J.), rendered June 21, 1996, convicting him, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, unanimously affirmed.

The portion of defendant’s motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel is without merit. Defendant received effective assistance at trial under the state and federal standards (see People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 713-714 [1998]; see also Strickland v Washington, 466 US 668 [1984]).…