Legal Opinion

People v. McFarlane

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

Decided October 27, 1997PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered April 8, 1996, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We reject the defendant’s argument that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because, among other things, defense counsel failed to object to testimony adduced at trial and failed to request certain jury charges. The defendant’s trial counsel provided him with meaningful…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. JeffersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. GegaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. People v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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