PEOPLE v. WASHINGTON


266 A.D.2d 412 (1999)

697 N.Y.S.2d 524

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PATRICK C. WASHINGTON, Appellant.

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

Decided November 15, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the convictions of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (two counts), vacating the sentences imposed thereon, and dismissing those counts of the indictment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's claim, trial counsel was not ineffective. Defense counsel's performance amply met the standard of meaningful representation (see, People v Ellis...

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