People v. Rickerson

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jill Konviser, J.), rendered December 20, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 14 years; and order, same court and Justice, entered on or about January 23, 2015, which denied defendant’s CPL 440.10 motion to vacate the judgment, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s CPL 440.10 motion, based on his claim that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to request submission of the lesser included offense of second-degree manslaughter. Even…