People v. Trent

Appeal by the defendant (1) from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Weissman, J.), rendered April 12, 1988, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence, and (2) by permission, from an order of the same court, dated June 17, 1991, which denied his motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction.

Ordered that the judgment and the order are affirmed.

We find unpersuasive the defendant’s contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel based on his trial counsel’s failure to challenge the…