Legal Opinion

People v. White

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 19, 1998Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Gulotta, J.), rendered March 7, 1997, convicting him of burglary in the second degree and petit larceny, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

There is no merit to the defendant’s contention that he received ineffective assistance of counsel based on his trial counsel’s failure to request certain jury charges (see, People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137; People v McFarlane, 243 AD2d 733).

The defendant’s remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. McFarlaneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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