Legal Opinion

People v. Arroyo

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

Decided February 3, 2003Published

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 31, 1994 (People v Arroyo, 208 AD2d 940), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered March 25, 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). Prudenti, P.J., Ritter, Santucci and S. Miller, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. ArroyoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994