PEOPLE v. MELENDEZ


24 A.D.3d 222 (2005)

805 N.Y.S.2d 85

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MANUEL MELENDEZ, Appellant.

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

December 13, 2005.


Defendant claims that his counsel provided ineffective assistance by allegedly failing to inform him that the People's plea offer involving a sentence of 5½ years to life would expire if counsel filed suppression motions, and by allegedly choosing, without defendant's consent, to file such motions, thereby depriving defendant of the opportunity to accept that offer. After counsel unsuccessfully argued before the plea court...

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