A defense lawyer’s decision not to call his forensics expert to the stand because the attorney misunderstood procedural rules of expert testimony did not deprive his client of meaningful representation, a judge ruled.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Albert Tomei (See Profile) denied defendant Gregory Morency’s CPL §440.10 motion to vacate his conviction and 15-year sentence for manslaughter based on Morency’s contention that errors by his 18-B assigned counsel, Kleon Andreadis, represented ineffective assistance of counsel.
