Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's primary contention on appeal is that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. Defense counsel elicited hearsay testimony from a homicide detective which indicated that a second witness who did not testify at trial saw the defendant stab the victim. However, counsel's actions were consistent with a strategy to supplement the mistaken identification defense by suggesting that the police had seized upon...
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