PEOPLE v. GRANT


297 A.D.2d 350 (2002)

746 N.Y.S.2d 401

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEVIN GRANT, Appellant.

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

Decided August 19, 2002.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel is without merit. A defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel is satisfied when, under the totality of circumstances existing at the time of representation, counsel provided the defendant with "meaningful representation" (People v Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708, 712). The test is one of reasonable...

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