Legal Opinion
People v. Culpepper
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 3, 1990PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bernard Fuchs, J.
Defendant was convicted by a jury on September 29, 1982 of murder, second degree, and attempted murder, second degree. For the two crimes he was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 20 years to life and 4 to 12 years. His conviction was affirmed on appeal (118 AD2d 866). The present motion is to vacate the judgment of conviction on the ground that defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel, contrary to the Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution and article I, § 6 of the NY Constitution. (CPL 440.10 [1] [h].)
One form of ineffectiveness claimed…
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- People v. AlexanderNew York Supreme Court · 1987
- People v. DellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- People v. ReedAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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