People v Kaminski

People v Kaminski 2013 NY Slip Op 06193 Released on September 27, 2013 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Released on September 27, 2013
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., FAHEY, SCONIERS, AND VALENTINO, JJ.
962 KA 11-01660

[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

v

STANLEY A. KAMINSKI, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.


Appeal from a judgment of the Oswego County Court (Walter W. Hafner, Jr., J.), rendered May 13, 2011. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree and driving while ability impaired.


D.J. & J.A. CIRANDO, ESQS., SYRACUSE (BRADLEY E. KEEM OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
GREGORY S. OAKES, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, OSWEGO (COURTNEY E. PETTIT OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.


It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 511 [3] [a]) and driving while ability impaired (§ 1192 [1]). As defendant correctly concedes, he failed to preserve for our review his contention that the conviction is not supported by legally sufficient evidence (see People v Hines, 97 NY2d 56, 61, rearg denied 97 NY2d 678). In any event, that contention lacks merit (see generally People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). In addition, viewing the evidence in light of the elements of the crimes as charged to the jury (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349), we conclude that the verdict is not against the weight of the evidence (see generally Bleakley, 69 NY2d at 495).

Defendant's contention that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel based on defense counsel's failure to call a certain witness to testify at trial or to seek an adjournment in order to call that witness at trial is based on matters outside the record on appeal, and thus the proper procedural vehicle for raising that contention is by way of a motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 (see People v Wittman, 103 AD3d 1206, 1206-1207, lv denied 21 NY3d 915; People v King, 90 AD3d 1533, 1534, lv denied 18 NY3d 959). Moreover, inasmuch as "the evidence is legally sufficient to support defendant's conviction . . . , it cannot be said that defense counsel's failure to renew the motion for a trial order of dismissal constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel" (People v Pytlak, 99 AD3d 1242, 1243, lv denied 20 NY3d 988; see generally People v Caban, 5 NY3d 143, 152).
Entered: September 27, 2013
Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court