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PEOPLE v. MEZQUITA

Ind. No. 1725/96. Appeal No. 13140. Case No. 2020-00422.

191 A.D.3d 541 (2021)

138 N.Y.S.3d 332

2021 NY Slip Op 01010

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Marilyn Mezquita, Appellant.

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

Decided February 16, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Aab , New York, for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Sheila O'Shea of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Webber, Oing, Kennedy, JJ.

Defendant's contention that she received ineffective assistance of counsel based on an alleged conflict is speculative and unsubstantiated (see People v Konstantinides, 14 N.Y.3d 1, 12 [2009]). Although the same law firm represented defendant and one of her codefendants during the early stages of the proceedings, the codefendant retained separate counsel five months before defendant pleaded guilty. To the extent that there was a...

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