People v. Lewis

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Douglass, J.), rendered August 5, 1992, convicting him of murder in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that he was denied effective assistance of counsel is without merit. "[W]hen reviewing a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, care should be taken 'to avoid both confusing true ineffectiveness [of counsel]…