People v. Morris

O’Connor, J.,

dissents and votes to reverse the judgments of conviction and orders a new trial, with the following memorandum: In my opinion, defense counsel’s performance was so grossly inadequate as to deprive defendant of the “meaningful representation” to which he was constitutionally entitled (People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137, 147; see, also, People v Droz, 39 NY2d 457). 11 Defendant’s conviction on charges of sodomy, robbery and unlawful imprisonment rested solely on his identification as the perpetrator by the three victims. Despite the fact that the description of the perpetrator given by…