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PEOPLE v. ARMSTEAD

186 A.D.2d 440 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nathaniel Armstead, Appellant

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

October 20, 1992

Defendant's claim that he was denied effective assistance of counsel is without merit, it clearly having been counsel's strategy to bring out certain damaging information on the direct examination of defendant's witness in order to minimize the potential impact of cross-examination. Such unsuccessful trial tactics do not automatically indicate ineffectiveness (see, People v Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 146). The prosecutor's unobjected...

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