Legal Opinion

People v. Perez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 3, 2008PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwin Torres, J.), rendered July 13, 2004, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree (four counts), robbery in the first degree (four counts) and bur*410glary in the first degree (two counts), and sentencing him to an aggregate term of life without parole, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant argues that his counsel was ineffective for arguing, with respect to one of the two murders of which defendant was convicted, that his confession was false, while at the same time pursuing a defense of extreme…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. People v. LoveNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. People v. ToscaNew York Court of Appeals · 2002

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. CastonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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  4. BROWN, ROBERT, PEOPLE vAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012

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