People v. Holman

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena K. Uviller, J.), rendered January 9, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree (12 counts) and attempted escape in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate prison term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

On the existing record, defendant, who has not brought a motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to expand the record to permit trial counsel to explain his tactics, has failed to show “the absence of strategic or other legitimate explanations” for the various aspects…