Case Title: People v Every

Citation: 2017 NY Slip Op 06401

Docket Number: 

State: new-york

Court: New York Appellate Court

Date: 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
People v Every

2017 NY Slip Op 06401

Decided on September 5, 2017

Court of Appeals

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 September 5, 2017

No. 133 SSM 20

[*1]The People & c., Respondent,
vDouglas R. Every, Appellant.


Submitted by William T. Easton, for appellant.
Submitted by Kirk O. Martin, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM:
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Defendant has failed to meet his burden of "demonstrat[ing] the absence of strategic or other legitimate explanations for counsel's alleged failure[s]" (People v Wragg, 26 NY3d 403, 409 [2015]) and, thus, he cannot prevail on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim. His assertions that County Court erred in [*2]charging the jury and deprived him of his constitutional right to present a defense by excluding certain evidence are unpreserved (see People v Angelo, 88 NY2d 217, 222 [1996]; People v Autry, 75 NY2d 836, 839 [1990]). Defendant's remaining arguments have been considered and found to be lacking in merit.
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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order affirmed, in a memorandum. Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Stein, Fahey, Garcia, Wilson and Feinman concur.
Decided September 5, 2017