Legal Opinion

People v. Luca

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

Decided September 15, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

Application by the appellant for a writ of error co-ram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this Court dated August 15, 1994 (People v Luca, 207 AD2d 461), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered August 9, 1991.

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). Mangano, P. J., Rosenblatt, Miller, O’Brien and Florio, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. LucaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994