The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis upon which to disturb the jury's determinations concerning credibility.
Defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim turns on matters of trial strategy of a type that would require a CPL 440.10 motion in order to expand the record. On the existing record, we find that defendant received meaningful representation (see, People v Benevento...
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