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PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

Nos. 5705, 5706, 1649/06

88 A.D.3d 513 (2011)

930 N.Y.S.2d 198

2011 NY Slip Op 7181

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

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

Decided October 13, 2011.

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]). We reach this conclusion with respect to both counsel's advice to defendant and counsel's conduct of the trial.

The record supports the hearing court's findings that trial counsel understood...

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