People v. Santana

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael Obús, J.), rendered February 17, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 15 years to life and 5 to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

The existing record establishes that defendant received meaningful representation (see, People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 713-714) and shows that counsel’s strategic decisions with regard to the making of motions to suppress, or to…