Legal Opinion

People v. Wright

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

Decided May 5, 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 April 1, 1996 (People v Wright, *369226 AD2d 407), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered July 12, 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, 463 US 745). Mangano, P. J., Thompson, Santucci and Florio, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. WrightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996