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PEOPLE v. RUSSO

85 N.Y.2d 872 (1995)

649 N.E.2d 1195

626 N.Y.S.2d 51

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Victor Russo, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 23, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abigail Everett, New York City, and Philip Weinstein for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn (Amy Appelbaum and Roseann B. MacKechnie of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of two counts of felony murder for his involvement in a robbery in which two shop employees were shot and killed by another perpetrator. The sum and substance of appellant's only preserved appellate issue is that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because...

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