Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Shirley Felder, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1992-04-14
Citations: 182 A.D.2d 495
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Shirley Felder, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 182
Pages: 495–496

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Shirley Felder, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered June 7, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing her, as a second violent felony offender, to two concurrent prison terms of 12 Vi to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.
The proof at trial was that defendant pushed her way into the apartment of the 75-year old complainant, threatened him with both a screwdriver and knife, beat him with a chair and a screwdriver, and stole his money and other property. It was not error to admit into evidence, as a demonstrative aid, a knife similar to, but not the same as, that used in the robbery (People v Del Vermo, 192 NY 470). The trial record does not bear out defendant's claims that the defense proffered was ludicrous or that trial counsel was unprepared, and, no motion having been made pursuant to CPL 440.10 (1) to set aside the judgment, there is no basis for any further appellate review of defendant's argument that she did not have effective assistance of trial counsel (see, People v Brown, 45 NY2d 852). We have considered defendant's argument that it was an abuse of discretion to impose the maximum sentence and find it to be without merit. Concur — Ellerin, J. P., Asch, Kassal and Smith, JJ.