PEOPLE v. BENITEZ


290 A.D.2d 363 (2002)

737 N.Y.S.2d 68

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MELVIN BENITEZ, Also Known as ELVIS BENITEZ, Also Known as DANIEL PEREZ, Appellant.

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

Decided January 29, 2002.


With respect to both the conviction after trial and the guilty plea, defendant's ineffective assistance claims involve matters dehors the record including trial strategy and communications between defendant and counsel. To the extent the existing record permits review, we conclude that counsel provided meaningful representation as to both cases.

Viewing the record of the trial and the relevant pretrial proceedings as a whole, we conclude that there was nothing in...

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