Legal Opinion
People v. Stokes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 13, 2017No. 3711 724/13PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Juan M. Merchan, J.), rendered May 1, 2014, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and robbery in the first and second degrees, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The court providently exercised its discretion in denying defendant’s request for new counsel, which was made on the eve of trial, and in the context of a meritless request for a last-minute adjournment. Defendant “failed to proffer specific allegations of a seemingly…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. MahboubianNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- People v. BufordNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. SteinbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- People v. PortoNew York Court of Appeals · 2010
- People v. KellyNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
3Cited by7 opinions
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- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
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