People v. DeFreitas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J. P.
In the case before us, we are called upon to weigh the defendant’s claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We hold that he was provided with meaningful representation. In so holding, we reject any suggestion that the defendant’s attorney, in order to fulfill that standard, was obligated to present defenses or to make assertions that in the case before us would have been baseless, spurious, or unethical.
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The proof established that the police interrupted the defendant while he was committing an armed robbery at a jewelry store in Hewlett (Nassau…
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