PEOPLE v. VILLAR


293 A.D.2d 367 (2002)

740 N.Y.S.2d 203

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHNNY VILLAR, Appellant.

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

Decided April 18, 2002.


Defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim involves matters of strategy and, in particular, defendant's personal participation in certain strategic decisions, which cannot be reviewed on the existing record. On the record before us, we find that defendant received meaningful representation (see, People v Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708, 713-714). The record fails to support defendant's claim that he was prejudiced by his trial...

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