Legal Opinion

People v. Kontonicolas

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

Decided March 24, 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 5, 1993 (People v Kontonicolas, 192 AD2d 557), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered August 13, 1991.

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, Rosenblatt and O’Brien, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. KontonicolasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993