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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. LAPADRE A. HAMPTON, JR., DEFENDANT–APPELLANT.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment that convicted him upon a jury verdict of rape in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.35[1] ). Contrary to defendant's contention, County Court properly admitted a knife in evidence “as a model of the knife” used by defendant during the commission of the crime (People v. Del Vermo, 192 N.Y. 470, 482; see People v. Felder, 182 A.D.2d 495, 496, lv denied 80 N.Y.2d 830). We reject defendant's further contention that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. Viewing defense counsel's representation in totality and as of the time of the representation, and in light of defendant's claim that he had consensual sex with the victim (see People v. Ross, 43 AD3d 567, 570, lv denied 9 NY3d 964), we conclude that defendant received meaningful representation (see People v. Marra, 96 AD3d 1623, 1626–1627, affd 21 NY3d 979; see generally People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147). We further conclude that the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.
Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court
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Docket No: KA 07–02359
Decided: May 09, 2014
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.
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