People v. Mejias
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defen*250dant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kreindler, J.), rendered March 12, 1998, convicting him of assault in the first degree and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant’s contention that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel is without merit. “What constitutes effective assistance is not and cannot be fixed with yardstick precision, but varies according to the unique circumstances of each representation” (People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137, 146). In resolving…
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