Legal Opinion

People v. Dawes

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

Decided May 13, 2002Published

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 July 8, 1991 (People v Dawes, 175 AD2d 174), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered January 27, 1987.

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). O’Brien, J.P., Goldstein, McGinity and Smith, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

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