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PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

2021-02945. Ind. No. 28/18.

204 A.D.3d 942 (2022)

164 N.Y.S.3d 878

2022 NY Slip Op 02565

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joel Thompson, Appellant.

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

Decided April 20, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen N. Preziosi, New York, NY, for appellant.

Miriam E. Rocah, District Attorney, White Plains, NY (Steven A. Bender and Christine DiSalvo of counsel), for respondent.

Brathwaite Nelson, J.P., Rivera, Miller and Zayas, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that his trial attorney rendered ineffective assistance of counsel by deferring to the defendant's wishes in declining to seek a jury charge on the lesser-included offense of manslaughter in the first degree (see People v Colville, 20 N.Y.3d 20, 32 [2012]). Under the circumstances of this case, where counsel's exchange with the County Court regarding this issue...

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