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HEARING NECESSARY ON THAT ASPECT OF DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO VACATE THE JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION WHICH ALLEGED INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL, DEFENDANT ALLEGED DEFENSE COUNSEL TOLD THE JURY DEFENDANT WOULD TESTIFY WITHOUT FIRST CONSULTING WITH DEFENDANT (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing County Court, determined defendant was entitled to a hearing on that aspect of his motion to vacate the judgment of conviction on ineffective assistance of counsel grounds. Defendant alleged defense counsel told the jury that defendant would testify without first consulting with defendant:

We … conclude … that defendant is entitled to a hearing with respect to whether counsel was ineffective in telling the jury that defendant would testify at trial. In support of his motion, defendant submitted his own affidavit stating that his trial counsel never discussed with him whether testifying would be a good or bad idea, and that he never told counsel that he would testify at trial, and that trial counsel nevertheless told the jury that defendant would testify. Defendant’s account is supported by the affirmation of defendant’s appellate counsel, who stated that trial counsel admitted that defendant did not tell him before trial that he would testify. Thus, defendant’s allegations are potentially supported by other evidence, and “it cannot be said that there is no reasonable possibility that [they are] true” … . We therefore conclude that a hearing is required to afford defendant an opportunity to prove that trial counsel did not discuss with him whether he would testify before informing the jury that defendant would do so, and that there was no strategic or tactical explanation for telling the jury that defendant would testify … . People v Pendergraph, 2019 NY Slip Op 02212, Fourth Dept 3-22-19

 

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