Legal Opinion
People v. Henry
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 24, 2002PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On the totality of the record before us, we find that defendant received meaningful representation (see People v Ben*586evento, 91 NY2d 708, 713-714). Defendant was not deprived of a fair trial when, while pursuing a competent strategy designed to challenge the credibility of a key police witness, trial counsel inadvertently opened the door to evidence of uncharged criminal activity, since this aspect of the evidence was a most logical focus of defense counsel’s challenge (see People v Pressley, 216 AD2d 202, Iv denied 86 NY2d 800). That the door might have been so opened was a reasonable risk…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. DuncanNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. WiseNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. PressleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. SpenceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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