PEOPLE v. FINLEY


27 A.D.3d 763 (2006)

810 N.Y.S.2d 905

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STEVEN FINLEY, Appellant.

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

March 28, 2006.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel based upon the cumulative effect of numerous alleged errors and omissions of the defense counsel at his retrial. To prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, "[a] defendant bears the well-settled, high burden of demonstrating that he [or she] was deprived of a fair trial by less than meaningful representation" (People v Hobot...

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