Legal Opinion
People v. Castro
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 16, 1997PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Cohen, J.), rendered July 28, 1995, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defense counsel’s representation of defendant at the motion to withdraw the plea was not ineffective. Given the motion’s obvious lack of merit, there was no need to appoint new counsel (People v Ortiz, 221 AD2d 176). Defendant’s attorney was under no obligation to amplify defendant’s unsupported assertions…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. OrtizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. BurgosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
3Cited by8 opinions
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- People v. ColonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. BlairAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. BowmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
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