People v. Arrieta

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Santagata, J.), rendered May 9, 1986, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because the attorney representing him before the County Court also represented his brother, the codefendant (see generally, People v Macerola, 47 NY2d 257; People v Gomberg, 38 NY2d…