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PEOPLE v. CORTEZ

293 A.D.2d 485 (2002)

741 N.Y.S.2d 61

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JULIO CORTEZ, Appellant.

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

Decided April 1, 2002.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

"Where the evidence, the law and the circumstances of a particular case, viewed together and as of the time of representation, reveal that meaningful representation was provided, [a] defendant's constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel has been satisfied" (People v Satterfield, 66 N.Y.2d 796, 798-799). A defendant is not guaranteed...

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