People v. Narine

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Buchter, J.), rendered June 21, 2013, convicting her of endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On this direct appeal from a judgment of conviction, the defendant contends that her counsel’s failure to call a medical expert in support of her defense, and counsel’s failure to confront the People’s expert witnesses with certain authoritative medical and scientific literature on cross-examination, deprived her of the effective assistance of…