Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gerard Dowdy, Also Known as Gerald Dowdy, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-09-21
Citations: 196 A.D.2d 747
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gerard Dowdy, Also Known as Gerald Dowdy, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 196
Pages: 747–747

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gerard Dowdy, Also Known as Gerald Dowdy, Appellant.
[602 NYS2d 536]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Andrias, J.), rendered October 23, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a predicate felony offender, to a term of 3Vi to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's present claims that he was mentally incompetent during post-verdict proceedings and that counsel was ineffective in failing to adequately press his incompetence are unsupported by a record permitting review (see, CPL 440.10). Consequently, such claims do no more than invite this Court to second-guess counsel's tactics (see, People v Jones, 55 NY2d 771; People v Rivera, 71 NY2d 705) and, on the state of the present record, we cannot conclude that defendant was denied meaningful representation. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Carro, Ellerin, Kassal and Nardelli, JJ.