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PEOPLE v. COTTO

259 A.D.2d 288 (1999)

687 N.Y.S.2d 85

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JUANITA COTTO, Appellant.

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

Decided March 4, 1999.

The motion to vacate was properly denied. The record supports the court's detailed findings and its conclusion that defendant received effective assistance of trial counsel. Each of trial counsel's alleged deficiencies in his conduct of defendant's extreme emotional disturbance defense (see, Penal Law § 125.25 [1] [a]) had a plausible strategic explanation, and, in any event, these deficiencies could not have deprived...

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