People v. Mack
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Clemente, J.), rendered August 7,1981, convicting him of murder in the second degree, attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
Defendant claims that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel. Some of the occurrences he now objects to were matters of unsuccessful trial strategy, including counsel’s eliciting the details of complainant’s injuries and his decision not…
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