People v. Alton

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Murray Mogel, J., at suppression hearing; James Leif, J., at trial with a jury), rendered November 29, 1988, convicting defendant of two counts of robbery in the second degree and sentencing him, as a persistent felony offender, to concurrent, indeterminate terms of imprisonment of eight years to life, unanimously affirmed.

We find no merit to defendant’s claim that his right to competent counsel was violated. Defendant’s second attorney failed to challenge the lineup identification on the ground that it was inherently suggestive, but instead…