PEOPLE v. BECKUM


156 A.D.2d 571 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bernard Beckum, Appellant

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

December 18, 1989


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial as a result of the ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We disagree. It is settled that "trial tactics which terminate unsuccessfully do not automatically indicate ineffectiveness. So long as the evidence, the law, and the circumstances of a particular case, viewed in totality and as of the time of the representation, reveal that the attorney provided meaningful...

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