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PEOPLE v. MEJIAS

278 A.D.2d 249 (2000)

717 N.Y.S.2d 269

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JULIO MEJIAS, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 4, 2000.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel is without merit. "What constitutes effective assistance is not and cannot be fixed with yardstick precision, but varies according to the unique circumstances of each representation" (People v Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 146). In resolving claims of ineffective assistance of counsel the critical issue is...

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