People v. Bachert

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1987-06-04

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OPINION OF THE COURT Bellacosa, J. The parties concede the necessity to find a procedure and a forum in which to address claims of ineffective assistance of counsel allegedly occurring in the intermediate appellate court. We hold that, inasmuch as the Criminal Procedure Law failed to anticipate and to provide for this particular situation, the remedy lies in the intermediate appellate court itself by the…

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