PEOPLE v. PARCH


59 N.Y.2d 844 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Maggie Evans Parch, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah M. Burr and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Elizabeth Holtzman, District Attorney (Lucille A. DiBello, Barbara D. Underwood and Roseann B. Mackechnie of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant has been convicted of manslaughter in the first degree for the stabbing death of her husband. She was represented by two assigned attorneys during the various stages of the proceedings. Her claim on this appeal is that their representation was inadequate and that she was denied effective assistance of counsel, principally because the original counsel presented no witnesses at a CPL...

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