People v. Brown

People v Brown (2017 NY Slip Op 02670)
People v Brown
2017 NY Slip Op 02670
Decided on April 5, 2017
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on April 5, 2017 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS
ROBERT J. MILLER
BETSY BARROS, JJ.

2014-08021
(Ind. No. 9738/12)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,

v

Devineil Brown, appellant.




Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Dina Zloczower of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Seth M. Lieberman of counsel), for respondent.



DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Del Giudice, J.), rendered July 31, 2014, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because defense counsel declined to object to annotations to the verdict sheet is without merit (see CPL 310.20[2]; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137; People v Bruce, 130 AD3d 938; People v Reyes, 49 AD3d 565, 567).

The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80, 83).

MASTRO, J.P., CHAMBERS, MILLER and BARROS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court