As Demetrius McGee was driving his Chevy Equinox down a street in Buffalo, NY, a passenger fired gunshots out the front window. When cops later caught up with the duo, a high-speed chase ensued and shots were fired directly at one of the officers.
After they were apprehended, both men were tried and convicted of reckless endangerment and attempted murder (both in the first degree).
On appeal, both the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, and our state's highest court thought that there was sufficient evidence to support the outcome and that McGee's "ineffective assistance of counsel" claim was, ironically, ineffective. (Absent an "egregious or prejudicial" error, the appellate courts didn't think a "constitutionally deficient performance" had been provided by his attorney.)
Was there a celestial point?
To view a copy of the Court of Appeals' decision, please use this link: People v. McGee