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PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

No. 144.

21 N.Y.3d 555 (2013)

997 N.E.2d 1232

975 N.Y.S.2d 380

2013 NY Slip Op 6599

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. EDDIE THOMPSON, JR., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 10, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack H. Weiner , Chatham, for appellant.

D. Holley Carnright , District Attorney, Kingston ( Joan Gudesblatt Lamb of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges GRAFFEO, READ, PIGOTT, RIVERA and ABDUS-SALAAM concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SMITH, J.

We hold that a failure to exercise a peremptory challenge against a juror who was a longtime friend of the prosecuting attorney did not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel.

Defendant was charged with murder for shooting his girlfriend. The District Attorney of Ulster County tried the case personally. During voir dire...

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