PEOPLE v. COOMBS


265 A.D.2d 249 (1999)

696 N.Y.S.2d 817

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RONALD COOMBS, Appellant.

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

Decided October 26, 1999.


Defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel would require a CPL 440.10 motion in order to expand the record (People v Love, 57 N.Y.2d 998). On the existing record, we conclude that defendant received meaningful representation (see, People v Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708, 713-714). The existing record fails to establish defendant's claim that his trial attorney misunderstood or mishandled...

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