Legal Opinion

People v. Abney

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

Decided March 13, 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 May 13, 1991 (People v Abney, 173 AD2d 545), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered March 30, 1988.

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). Thompson, J. P., S. Miller, McGinity and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

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