People v. Moffitt

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Warren County (Moynihan, Jr., J.), rendered March 6, 1990, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree.

Defendant contends that she was denied effective assistance of counsel and that the sentence of IVz to 4Vi years’ imprisonment that she received upon her conviction was harsh and *958excessive. We find defendant’s argument that defense counsel was ineffective because he failed to present certain character witnesses she had requested to be unsupported by the record. Such trial tactics do not constitute…