Legal Opinion

People v. Blackman

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

Decided April 28, 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 May 6, 1991 (People v Blackman, 173 AD2d 482), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County, rendered January 13, 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). Mángano, P. J., O’Brien, Thompson and Sullivan, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

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