PEOPLE v. LEE


290 A.D.2d 392 (2002)

737 N.Y.S.2d 275

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GEORGE LEE, Appellant.

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

Decided January 31, 2002.


On the existing record, we find that defendant received meaningful representation (see, People v Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708, 713-714). Counsel's performance was effective, given the difficulty of mounting any kind of a defense in this joint trial of two sales, made on separate days, where prerecorded buy money and additional drugs were recovered from defendant's person on both occasions (see, People v DeFreitas,

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