Legal Opinion

People v. Sposito

Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

Decided February 8, 2018No. 18PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM:

***1111The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be affirmed.

Defendant "bears the burden of establishing his claim that counsel's performance is constitutionally deficient" ( People v. Nicholson, 26 N.Y.3d 813, 831, 28 N.Y.S.3d 663, 48 N.E.3d 944 [2016] ; accord People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 444 N.Y.S.2d 893, 429 N.E.2d 400 [1981] ) by "demonstrat [ing] the absence of strategic or other legitimate explanations for counsel's alleged failure[s]" ( People v. Wragg, 26 N.Y.3d 403, 409, 23 N.Y.S.3d 600, 44 N.E.3d 898 [2015] ; accord People v. Barboni, 21…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. The People v. Christopher A. NicholsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2016
  5. People v. BarboniNew York Court of Appeals · 2013

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  2. People v. NjokuAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2023
  3. People v. StetinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  4. People v. KavalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  5. People v. BuckleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022

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