34 Cited authorities

  1. People v. Stultz

    2 N.Y.3d 277 (N.Y. 2004)   Cited 3,228 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding "a defendant's showing of prejudice [to be] a significant but not indispensable element in assessing meaningful representation," focusing instead on "the fairness of the proceedings as a whole"
  2. People v. Caban

    5 N.Y.3d 143 (N.Y. 2005)   Cited 1,636 times
    Holding conspirators' statements admissible as verbal acts to prove existence of conspiracy but not, absent independent evidence of the conspiracy, for their truth
  3. Wood v. Bartholomew

    516 U.S. 1 (1995)   Cited 564 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an appellate court must point to specific admissible evidence that could be utilized, otherwise the conclusion that the disclosed inadmissible evidence might have led to some additional evidence "is based on mere speculation" and is not enough to sustain Brady materiality
  4. 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
  5. People v. Finnegan

    85 N.Y.2d 53 (N.Y. 1995)   Cited 240 times
    In Finnegan, the Court of Appeals refused to read into another section of the VTL a requirement that the police affirmatively take certain steps, reasoning that because the Legislature did not impose such an obligation, the courts should not do so in the Legislature's place. Finnegan, 647 N.E.2d at 760-761.
  6. People v. Wiggins

    89 N.Y.2d 872 (N.Y. 1996)   Cited 162 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that defense counsel's failure to timely facilitate defendant's intention to testify before grand jury did not, per se, amount to denial of effective assistance of counsel
  7. People v. Ferguson

    67 N.Y.2d 383 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 189 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that defense counsel validly waived a double jeopardy claim by assenting to a mistrial when defendant was not consulted or present
  8. People v. Colville

    2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 7047 (N.Y. 2012)   Cited 75 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Discussing the 1980 ABA commentary, the 1993 ABA commentary, and the law in various jurisdictions in determining the decision to request a lesser included offense rests with defense counsel
  9. People v. Kims

    2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 7196 (N.Y. 2014)   Cited 61 times

    10-23-2014 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Appellant–Respondent, v. Stanley R. KIMS, II, Respondent–Appellant. Cindy F. Intschert, District Attorney, Watertown (Harmony A. Healy of counsel), and Karen F. McGee and Hannah E.C. Moore, New York Prosecutors Training Institute, Albany, for appellant-respondent. Davison Law Office, PLLC, Canandaigua (Mark C. Davison of counsel), for respondent-appellant. RIVERA, J. Cindy F. Intschert, District Attorney, Watertown (Harmony A. Healy of counsel), and

  10. People v. Williams

    2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 3232 (N.Y. 2012)   Cited 58 times

    2012-04-26 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leroy WILLIAMS, Appellant. Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Katharine Skolnick and Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant. Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Justin J. Braun, Joseph N. Ferdenzi and Karen Swiger of counsel), for respondent. CIPARICK Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Katharine Skolnick and Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant. Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Justin