Legal Opinion
People v. Myers
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 31, 1995PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Firetog, J.), rendered March 1, 1994, convicting him of burglary in the second degree and criminal mischief in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial. However, to prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, the defendant must overcome the strong presumption that defense counsel rendered effective assistance (see, People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137; People v Cuesta,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. CuestaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. MercedesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. DouglasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. GreeneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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- People v. UrenaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- People v. WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
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