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ALLOWING LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS TO IDENTIFY DEFENDANT IN A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO MAY HAVE BEEN ERROR BUT WAS NOT DEMONSTRATED TO CONSTITUTE INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department determined defense counsel’s failure to object to testimony of loss prevention officers identifying defendant in a surveillance video was not demonstrated to amount to ineffective assistance:

Although we agree with defendant that there is no basis in the record to conclude that the loss prevention officers who gave testimony identifying defendant as an individual depicted in the surveillance video were more likely to correctly identify defendant from the video than the jury … , we further conclude that defendant failed to “demonstrate the absence of strategic or other legitimate explanations for counsel’s alleged shortcoming[]” in failing to object to the admission of that testimony … . People v Hines, 2019 NY Slip Op 08032, Fourth Dept 11-8-19

 

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