Opinion
2001-08126
Submitted October 2, 2002.
October 28, 2002.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Calabrese, J.), rendered August 27, 2001, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Elizabeth S. Ostrow, New York, N.Y., for appellant.
Denis Dillon, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Bruce E. Whitney and Andrea M. DiGregorio of counsel), for respondent.
Before: ANITA R. FLORIO, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, THOMAS A. ADAMS, STEPHEN G. CRANE, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The record reveals that the defendant's plea was knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered (see People v. Harris, 61 N.Y.2d 9). In addition, the defendant's claim that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel is without merit (see People v. Rivera, 71 N.Y.2d 705; People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137; People v. Fiumefreddo, 188 A.D.2d 546, affd 82 N.Y.2d 536).
FLORIO, J.P., FRIEDMANN, ADAMS and CRANE, JJ., concur.