PEOPLE v. WOOD


45 A.D.3d 409 (2007)

845 N.Y.S.2d 322

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TERRENCE WOOD, Appellant.

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

Decided November 20, 2007.


Defendant received effective assistance of counsel under the state and federal standards (see People v Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708, 713-714 [1998]; see also Strickland v Washington, 466 U.S. 668 [1984]). Through cross-examination of the victim and two police witnesses, and in his summation, counsel placed great emphasis on the fact that the victim originally told the police he did not know who...

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