Though defense attorney Robert Koppelman snoozed on occasion during an Albanian gang member's racketeering trial, he provided effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment, according to a New York federal judge. The defendant moved for a new trial, claiming that Koppelman "slept through portions of trial every day." But Judge Denise Cote said Koppelman's behavior was "greatly distorted" by his former client and that "there were others in the courtroom who may also have been tempted to sleep."
December 15, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Even though defense attorney Robert Koppelman snoozed on occasion during the racketeering trial of an Albanian gang member, he managed to provide effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment, according to a federal judge.
In fact, Koppelman did such an excellent job defending Ljusa Nuculovic, despite falling asleep several times during the 2005 trial, that Southern District of New York Judge Denise Cote felt Nuculovic was lucky to have him.
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