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p. 772The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Charles Adams, Appellant.
p. 773
A review of the record discloses that a rational fact finder could readily have found defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of all crimes charged (Jackson v Virginia, 443 US 307 , 319). Furthermore, defendant’s contention that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel is meritless. Defendant failed to demonstrate that his attorney’s actions “ ‘resulted in actual and substantial disadvantage to the course of his defense’ ” (People v Morris, 100 AD2d 630 , 631, affd 64 NY2d 803 , quoting from Washington v Strickland, 693 F2d 1243 , 1262, revd on other grounds 466 US 668 , 104 S Ct 2052 ).
We have considered defendant’s other contentions and find them to be without merit. Titone, J. P., Thompson, Bracken and Rubin, JJ., concur.
Cases cited
- Jackson v. Virginia 443 US 307 at 319 p. 773
- People v. Morris 64 NY2d 803 p. 773
- Strickland v. Washington 466 US 668 p. 773