PEOPLE v. O'KANE

No. 17.

30 N.Y.3d 669 (2018)

70 N.Y.S.3d 877

94 N.E.3d 440

2018 NY Slip Op 00859

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. DENNIS O'KANE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided February 8, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. David Soares , District Attorney, Albany ( Christopher D. Horn and Vincent Stark of counsel), for appellant.

Paul R. Edwards , Albany, for respondent.

Chief Judge DiFIORE and Judges RIVERA, STEIN, FAHEY, GARCIA and FEINMAN concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

The People contend that County Court erred in holding Dennis O'Kane's trial counsel was ineffective for consenting to verdict sheet annotations beyond those automatically permitted by CPL 310.20. Here, counsel's consent to the annotations did not deprive Mr. O'Kane of meaningful representation.

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