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People v. Medina

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 5, 2001
281 A.D.2d 436 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

Opinion

Argued February 6, 2001.

March 5, 2001.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Katz, J.), rendered June 18, 1998, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree, robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, assault in the first degree, and assault in the second degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

M. Sue Wycoff, New York, N.Y. (Susan Epstein of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Ellen C. Abbot, and Ushir Pandit of counsel), for respondent.

Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, LEO F. McGINITY, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, he was not deprived of the effective assistance of counsel arising from joint representation with his codefendant (see, People v. Gomberg, 38 N.Y.2d 307). The defendant was aware of the potential conflict posed by joint representation, and the defendant expressly consented to it. Moreover, no actual conflict between the defendants was shown (see, People v. Mattison, 67 N.Y.2d 462, 468, cert denied 479 U.S. 984; People v. Macerola, 47 N.Y.2d 257, 263; People v. Haynes, 235 A.D.2d 365).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit (see, People v. Calderon, 270 A.D.2d 429).


Summaries of

People v. Medina

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 5, 2001
281 A.D.2d 436 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
Case details for

People v. Medina

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., RESPONDENT, v. AARON MEDINA, APPELLANT

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

Date published: Mar 5, 2001

Citations

281 A.D.2d 436 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)
721 N.Y.S.2d 260