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The People, Respondent,v.Brian Degraffenreid, Appellant.

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11 Cited authorities

  1. Strickland v. Washington

    466 U.S. 668 (1984)   Cited 158,532 times   176 Legal Analyses
    Holding an "error by counsel" doesn't "warrant setting aside the judgment of a criminal proceeding" where in the context of the whole proceeding the identified error "had no effect on the judgment"

  2. Carella v. California

    491 U.S. 263 (1989)   Cited 601 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an instruction containing an unconstitutional conclusive presumption was subject to harmless-error analysis

  3. People v. Turner

    2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 8766 (N.Y. 2005)   Cited 522 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Finding appellate counsel ineffective for not raising ineffectiveness of trial counsel on appeal

  4. People v. Thomas

    50 N.Y.2d 467 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 468 times
    Reversing Appellate Division

  5. People v. Patterson

    39 N.Y.2d 288 (N.Y. 1976)   Cited 432 times
    In Patterson the Court did not even mention Mullaney until after it had concluded that the issue on the merits was within the special category that always deserves review despite the absence of contemporaneous objection.

  6. People v. Lam Lek Chong

    45 N.Y.2d 64 (N.Y. 1978)   Cited 306 times
    Discussing agency defense.

  7. People v. Oliveras

    2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 4040 (N.Y. 2013)   Cited 94 times
    In Oliveras, the People's case rested primarily on defendant's inculpatory statement, so trial counsel's ability to undermine the voluntariness of those statements was crucial.

  8. People v. Echevarria

    2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 3019 (N.Y. 2013)   Cited 60 times
    Recognizing that “[t]he safety of law enforcement officers unquestionably may constitute an overriding interest” but that “the proponent of closure must demonstrate a substantial probability that the identified interest will be prejudiced by an open courtroom” (citing Press–Enter. Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., 478 U.S. 1, 14, 106 S.Ct. 2735, 92 L.Ed.2d 1 (1986) )

  9. People v. Cyrus

    48 A.D.3d 150 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)   Cited 27 times
    In People v. Cyrus, 48 A.D.3d 150, 159, 848 N.Y.S.2d 67 (1st Dept. 2007), lv denied 10 N.Y.3d 763, 854 N.Y.S.2d 325, 883 N.E.2d 1260 [2008]), the First Department stated that a police officer's testimony regarding a poor quality videotape depicting a theft at a Duane Reade store would "likely [be] inadmissible" because it would violate the best evidence rule.

  10. People v. Castillo

    140 A.D.3d 481 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)   Cited 3 times

    16343 2201/09 06-09-2016 The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Elmer Castillo, Defendant-Appellant. Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Margaret E. Knight of counsel), and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York (George Robert Painter IV of counsel), for appellant. Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Clara H. Salzberg of counsel), for respondent. Tom, J.P., Friedman, Saxe, Gische, JJ. Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Margaret