Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Christopher Wright, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-02-03
Citations: 212 A.D.2d 968
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Christopher Wright, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 212
Pages: 968–968

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Christopher Wright, Appellant.
[624 NYS2d 998]

Opinion:
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant was not denied effective assistance of counsel as the result of his counsel's failure to make a pretrial motion to suppress the identification testimony of the victim and the bus driver. The position of defendant at trial was to admit his presence at the scene but to deny participating in the robbery. Consequently, identification was not in issue, and defendant failed to show that counsel's decision not to move to suppress the identification testimony was not strategic (see, People v Garcia, 75 NY2d 973, 974; People v Rivera, 71 NY2d 705, 709; People v Sumpter, 185 AD2d 629, Iv denied 81 NY2d 848).
The verdict is supported by sufficient evidence and is not against the weight of the evidence (see, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). Defendant failed to object to the prosecutor's summation, and thus his challenge to the propriety of several of the prosecutor's comments is not preserved for review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]).
We decline to review the issue as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see, CPL 470.15 [6] [a]). Finally, defendant's sentence is not unduly harsh or excessive. (Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Erie County, Wolfgang, J.—Robbery, 2nd Degree.) Present—Green, J. P., Lawton, Wesley, Doerr and Boehm, JJ.