Legal Opinion

People v. McFadden

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

Decided October 4, 1999Published

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 May 3, 1999 (People v McFadden, 261 AD2d 417), modifying a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County, rendered September 7, 1995.

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, 463 US 745). Bracken, J. P., Thompson, Goldstein and Florio, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. McFaddenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999