People v. Groonell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Orenstein, J.), rendered October 17, 1997, convicting him of assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
*357The defendant’s contention that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel is without merit. “What constitutes effective assistance is not and cannot be fixed with yardstick precision, but varies according to the unique circumstances of each representation” (People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137, 146). In resolving claims of ineffective…
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