Legal Opinion
People v. Leslie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 25, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Williams, J.
The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether defendant’s right to counsel and/or his right to effective assistance of counsel was denied when he was jointly represented in a criminal proceeding by a layman posing as an attorney and a bona fide attorney appearing pro hac vice on the motion of the impostor.
This appeal arises from an incident that occurred at approximately 11:00 p.m. on November 17, 1987, at Broadway between 159th and 160th Streets in New York County. Two police officers, John Negus and Donald Drogin, on plainclothes duty in an unmarked…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- People v. D'AlessandroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. HobotNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. FelderNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. OlsenNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Anthony Leslie v. Christopher Artuz, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Leslie v. ArtuzDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1999
- People v. JacobsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. JacobsNew York Court of Appeals · 2005