PEOPLE v. MEWA


135 A.D.2d 662 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. David V. Mewa, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

December 14, 1987


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find the defendant's argument that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at the suppression hearing to be without merit. A review of the record fails to disclose that the defendant's representation was not "adequate or effective in any meaningful sense of the words" (People v Droz, 39 N.Y.2d 457, 463). Rather, the representation provided was clearly meaningful as defense...

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