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The People v. Nirun Honghirun

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 8, 2017No. 66PublishedCited by 85 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Stein, J.

In this child sex abuse case, defendant has not established that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. He has not demonstrated the absence of strategic or legitimate explanations for counsel’s failure to object to the admission of evidence that the victim disclosed the abuse three years after it ceased, and then again four years after her initial disclosure. Therefore, we affirm.

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Defendant was charged in an indictment with course of sexual conduct against a child in the first and second degrees after the then 17-year-old victim, a member of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. People v. CabanNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
  5. People v. OathoutNew York Court of Appeals · 2013

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3Cited by85 opinions

  1. People v. TaylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  2. People v. AlvarezCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 2019
  3. People v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  4. People v. GurdonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  5. People v. CrippenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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