Legal Opinion

People v. Bentley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 10, 2003Published

1Opinion of the Court

Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this Court dated June 25, 2001 (People v Bentley, 284 AD2d 546), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 22, 1999.

Ordered that the application is denied.

The appellant has failed to establish that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel (see Jones v Barnes, *471463 US 745). Santucci, J.P., Feuerstein, Krausman and McGinity, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. BentleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001