Legal Opinion
People v. Illescas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 22, 2008PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defen dant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Collini, J.), rendered October 31, 2005, convicting him of man*841slaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and sentencing him to a determinate term of 22 years’ imprisonment.
Ordered that the judgment is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the sentence to a determinate term of 15 years’ imprisonment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
On the existing record, to the extent that it permits review, we find that the defendant received the effective assistance of counsel…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
- People v. LaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. ColvilleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- People v. FloydAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- People v. IllescasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- People v. ClassAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- People v. ClassAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012