Opinion
January 25, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Golia, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The court could have reasonably denied the defendant's speedy trial motion based on a finding that his use of aliases and differing social security numbers were part of a comprehensive pattern of deception aimed at avoiding prosecution (see, People v. Taylor, 139 A.D.2d 543). Therefore, the decision of counsel to withdraw the defendant's speedy trial motion in exchange for the opportunity to plead guilty to a reduced charge and receive the minimum lawful sentence to run concurrently with the sentence the defendant was already serving in Nassau County did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel (see, People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147).
We have reviewed the defendant's remaining contentions and conclude that they are without merit. Thompson, J.P., Balletta, Rosenblatt and Eiber, JJ., concur.