THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. ALISSA REYNOLDS DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2025)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. ALISSA L. REYNOLDS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

461 Decided: June 06, 2025

PRESENT: CURRAN, J.P., BANNISTER, SMITH, DELCONTE, AND HANNAH, JJ.

LAW OFFICE OF VERONICA REED, SCHENECTADY (VERONICA REED OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. BRITTANY GROME ANTONACCI, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AUBURN (CHRISTOPHER T. VALDINA OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

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

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting her upon her guilty plea of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law § 160.10 [1]), defendant contends that she was deprived of effective assistance of counsel by defense counsel's failure to move to strike the People's certificate of compliance and failure to move to dismiss the indictment on speedy trial grounds. We reject that contention.

“In the context of a guilty plea, a defendant has been afforded meaningful representation when [the defendant] receives an advantageous plea and nothing in the record casts doubt on the apparent effectiveness of counsel” (People v Moore, 229 AD3d 1279, 1279-1280 [4th Dept 2024] [internal quotation marks omitted]). Here, the record establishes that defendant received a favorable plea and that defendant received meaningful representation (see People v Brown, 305 AD2d 1068, 1069 [4th Dept 2003], lv denied 100 NY2d 579 [2003]). We note that “[t]here can be no denial of effective assistance of trial counsel arising from counsel's failure to ‘make a motion or argument that has little or no chance of success’ ” (People v Caban, 5 NY3d 143, 152 [2005]; see People v Little, 229 AD3d 1156, 1157-1158 [4th Dept 2024], lv denied 42 NY3d 971 [2024]).

Entered: June 6, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court

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