Legal Opinion

People v. Fernandez

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

Decided August 4, 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 December 19, 1994 (People v Fernandez, 210 AD2d 428), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 11, 1992.

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, Thompson and Altman, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

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