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People v. Cephas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 17, 1998
256 A.D.2d 178 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

December 17, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J., at hearing; Paul Bookson, J., at plea and sentence).


Defendant's guilty plea was knowing, intelligent and voluntary, and defendant received meaningful representation. Although much of the People's evidence had been suppressed, the People had other evidence upon which to proceed. We therefore reject defendant's claim that counsel's failure to move to dismiss the indictment, and his permitting defendant to enter a plea, constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. Defendant's plea forecloses review of his other claims ( People v. Taylor, 65 N.Y.2d 1).

Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Wallach, Rubin and Williams, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Cephas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 17, 1998
256 A.D.2d 178 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

People v. Cephas

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HERBERT CEPHAS…

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

Date published: Dec 17, 1998

Citations

256 A.D.2d 178 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
683 N.Y.S.2d 227