PEOPLE v. LANE


60 N.Y.2d 748 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Lane, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Cross for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Alan D. Kaplan of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, SIMONS and KAYE concur; Judge MEYER concurs in result in a separate concurring memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of burglary in the second degree (Penal Law, § 140.25), a charge arising out of his nighttime entry into a Bronx apartment. He was sentenced as a second felony offender. On this appeal, he alleges ineffective assistance of counsel based on different aspects of his attorney's conduct both at trial and...

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