Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Boychet, Also Known as Robert Cole, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-11-17
Citations: 255 A.D.2d 193
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert Boychet, Also Known as Robert Cole, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 255
Pages: 193–193

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert Boychet, Also Known as Robert Cole, Appellant.
[679 NYS2d 812]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Irene Duffy, J., at plea; Robert Hayes, J., at sentence), rendered August 11, 1995, convicting defendant of burglary in the third degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant was properly adjudicated a second felony offender. Defendant was not entitled to a hearing on the constitutionality of the 1977 conviction that formed the basis of the instant adjudication. Despite ample opportunity to do so, defendant did not sufficiently allege or substantiate his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel (People v Harris, 61 NY2d 9, 15) and the sentencing court, after review of the minutes, properly determined that defendant received meaningful representation at his 1977 plea and sentence (see, People v Ford, 86 NY2d 397, 404). Concur — Ellerin, J. P., Williams, Mazzarelli and Saxe, JJ.