Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number 2001-06923 Attorney(S) Adam Seiden, Mount Vernon, N.Y., for Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (John C. Thomas Valerie A. Livingston of counsel), for Judges Robert J. Miller Reinaldo E. Rivera See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. JAMES LESLIE SCOTT, appellant. DECISION ORDER ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed. The defendant's claim that he was denied effective assistance of counsel is without merit (see People v. Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708; People v. Ford, 86 N.Y.2d 397, 404). ALTMAN, J.P., S. MILLER, McGINITY, SCHMIDT and RIVERA JJ., concur.