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PEOPLE v. GORDON

248 A.D.2d 634 (1998)

670 N.Y.S.2d 537

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ronald Gordon, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

March 23, 1998

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was deprived of the effective assistance of trial counsel. However, mere losing tactics must not be confused with ineffectiveness, and a contention of ineffectiveness requires proof of less than meaningful representation rather than simple disagreement with strategies and tactics (see, People v Rivera, 71 N.Y.2d 705; People v Benn,

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