Legal Opinion
People v. Vasquez
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 4, 1987PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Defendant was granted leave to appeal by a Judge of this court so that we could determine whether he was denied *3effective assistance of counsel in his appeal to the Appellate Division.*
After entry of the judgment against him, defendant appealed to the Appellate Division and, at his request, the court assigned appellate counsel to represent him. Counsel prepared his brief, stating in it that defendant had evaluated the record, and prefaced his discussion of the legal merits with this statement: "As shall be indicated this is the fifth point out of a total of ten points the…
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