Legal Opinion

People v. Harper

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

Decided November 18, 1996Published

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 3,1986 (People v Harper, 124 AD2d 594), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered November 14, 1983.

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, Rosenblatt and Luciano, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. HarperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986