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People v. Dowdy

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 21, 1993
196 A.D.2d 747 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)

Opinion

September 21, 1993

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Andrias, J.).


Defendant's present claims that he was mentally incompetent during post-verdict proceedings and that counsel was ineffective in failing to adequately press his incompetence are unsupported by a record permitting review (see, CPL 440.10). Consequently, such claims do no more than invite this Court to second-guess counsel's tactics (see, People v Jones, 55 N.Y.2d 771; People v Rivera, 71 N.Y.2d 705) and, on the state of the present record, we cannot conclude that defendant was denied meaningful representation.

Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Carro, Ellerin, Kassal and Nardelli, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Dowdy

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 21, 1993
196 A.D.2d 747 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
Case details for

People v. Dowdy

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GERARD DOWDY, Also…

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

Date published: Sep 21, 1993

Citations

196 A.D.2d 747 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
602 N.Y.S.2d 536

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