Legal Opinion

People v. Johnson

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

Decided January 10, 2000Published

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 October 26, 1998 (People v Johnson, 254 AD2d 499), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 24, 1995.

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., Ritter, Santucci, S. Miller and Krausman, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998