People v. Chaney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We reject the contention of defendant that he did not effectively waive his right to a jury trial (see, People v Cotton, 167 AD2d 884, lv dismissed 77 NY2d 904, cert denied 513 US 1093; People v Logue, 115 AD2d 285, lv denied 67 NY2d 886). Defense counsel’s concession of defendant’s guilt of the second and third counts of the indictment was part of a reasonable trial strategy and did not deny defendant meaningful representation (see, People v Ellis, 81 NY2d 854, 856-857; People v Goss, 229 AD2d 791, 793). Nor was defense counsel’s concession…
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