Legal Opinion

People v. Gerena

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

Decided October 20, 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 September 25, 1995 (People v Gerena, 219 AD2d 734), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered June 13, 1994.

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, *647463 US 745). Bracken, J. P., Rosenblatt, Krausman and Gold-stein, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. GerenaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995