People v. Budriss

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Toomey, J.), rendered July 18, 2012, convicting him of burglary in the third degree, criminal mischief in the third degree, and resisting arrest, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, defense counsel was not ineffective. Counsel engaged in appropriate pretrial motion practice, including a Sandoval hearing (see People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371 [1974]), made appropriate objections during trial, and set forth a defense in his closing…