MATTER OF B.


180 A.D.2d 607 (1992)

In the Matter of Jermaine B., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant

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

February 27, 1992


There is no merit to appellant's contentions that the petition was jurisdictionally defective, and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. His attorney's failure to make certain motions does not in and of itself constitute ineffective assistance (People v Rivera, 71 N.Y.2d 705), and, on the facts of this case, the failure to make these motions was not prejudicial, since it appears highly doubtful that they would have...

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