Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Craig Thornton, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-05-07
Citations: 250 A.D.2d 398
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Craig Thornton, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 250
Pages: 398–398

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Craig Thornton, Appellant.
[671 NYS2d 654]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered October 17, 1994, convicting him, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
Since defendant has not raised his claim of ineffective assistance in a CPL article 440 motion, the record is insufficient to review strategic explanations for counsel's conduct of the trial and failure to pursue an entrapment defense (see, People v Love, 57 NY2d 998; People v Fuentes, 246 AD2d 474). A review of the existing record indicates that defendant received adequate representation (see, People v Hobot, 84 NY2d 1021; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137; cf., People v Brown, 82 NY2d 869). Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Wallach, Williams and Saxe, JJ.