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Failure to Make Motion for Trial Order of Dismissal Not Ineffective Assistance

In affirming defendant’s conviction, the Fourth Department determined defense counsel’s failure to make a motion for a trial order of dismissal did not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel:

…“[D]efense counsel’s failure to make a specific motion for a trial order of dismissal at the close of the People’s case [does] not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel, inasmuch as any such motion would have had no chance of success” … .  Indeed, we note that defendant does not contend on appeal that the evidence at trial is legally insufficient to support the conviction.  People v Hicks, 1008, 4th Dept 10-4-13

 

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