People v. Hinds

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dowling, J.) rendered March 20, 2003, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel is without merit. On this record, we find that he was afforded meaningful representation (see People v Henry, 95 NY2d 563, 565 [2000]; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137, 147 [1981]).

Moreover, even assuming that the People failed to lay the necessary…