Legal Opinion

People v. Morales

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

Decided April 7, 1997Published

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 November 4, 1991 (People v Morales, 177 AD2d 516), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered February 9, 1989.

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., Bracken, Ritter and Sullivan, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. MoralesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991