| People v Strong |
| 2010 NY Slip Op 01000 [70 AD3d 865] |
| February 9, 2010 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Steven Strong, Appellant. |
—[*1] Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Gary S. Fidel and Jill A.Gross-Marks of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Latella,J.), rendered January 10, 2008, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the seconddegree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and criminal possession of stolenproperty in the fifth degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, he was not deprived of the effective assistance ofcounsel. Viewing the evidence, the law, and the circumstances of the case in their totality and asof the time of the representation, we find that the defendant received meaningful representation(see People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 712 [1998]; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d137, 147 [1981]).
Moreover, the Supreme Court properly denied, without a hearing, the defendant's motionpursuant to CPL 330.30 to set aside the verdict (see People v Gruttadauria, 46 AD3d 837, 837-838 [2007];People v Smith, 242 AD2d 483, 484 [1997]). Rivera, J.P., Leventhal, Hall and Sgroi, JJ.,concur.