Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Kharye Jarvis, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2015-04-07
Citations: 25 N.Y.3d 968
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v Kharye Jarvis, Respondent.
Judges: Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Read, Rivera, Abdus-Saxaam and Stein concur; Judge Pigott dissents in an opinion; Judge Fahey taking no part.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 968–973

Head Matter:
[31 NE3d 112, 8 NYS3d 650]
The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v Kharye Jarvis, Respondent.
Argued February 19, 2015;
decided April 7, 2015
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Sandra Doorley, District Attorney, Rochester (Geoffrey Kaeuper of counsel), for appellant.
William G. Pixley, Pittsford, for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Counsel's failure to invoke the court's prior preclusion order, coupled with his presentation of an alibi defense for the wrong day of the week, could have led to defendant's conviction. In this case, where the evidence against defendant was particularly weak since credibility issues affected each of the prosecutor's major witnesses, the cumulative effect of counsel's lapses deprived defendant of meaningful representation (People v Oathout, 21 NY3d 127, 132 [2013]).