Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Eric Hamilton Rhamo, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-10-19
Citations: 77 A.D.3d 499
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eric Hamilton Rhamo, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 499–499

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eric Hamilton Rhamo, Appellant.
[908 NYS2d 586]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Margaret L. Clancy, J.), rendered April 7, 2008, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the third degree, menacing in the third degree and harassment in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of three years' probation, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel arguments are not reviewable on direct appeal since they involve matters outside the record concerning counsel's trial preparation and choice of trial tactics (see People v Love, 57 NY2d 998 [1982]). To the extent the existing record permits review, it establishes that defendant received effective assistance under both the state and federal standards (see People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 713-714 [1998]; see also Strickland v Washington, 466 US 668 [1984]). Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Sweeny, Acosta, Abdus-Salaam and Román, JJ.