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People v. Baldi

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 29, 1981PublishedCited by 5,571 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Cooke.

An attorney who presents a well-grounded but unsuccessful defense will not later be held to have provided ineffective assistance of counsel, and thus a defendant will not be entitled to a vacatur of his conviction on such basis.

Joseph Baldi was convicted after separate trials for unrelated crimes committed nine months apart. The first judgment, entered November 24,1974, convicted defendant of attempted murder, burglary in the second degree, and felonious possession of weapons. The second judgment, entered January 16, 1975, convicted defendant of murder in…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. People v. BartolomeoNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. DrozNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. People v. AikenNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. People v. BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
  5. People v. WoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1962

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3Cited by5,571 opinions

  1. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. People v. StultzNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  3. People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. People v. CabanNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
  5. People v. FordNew York Court of Appeals · 1995

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