Legal Opinion

People v. Diaz

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

Decided November 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 March 11, 1996 (People v Diaz, 225 AD2d 1117), affirming two sentences of the Supreme Court, Kings County, both imposed April 7, 1993.

Ordered that the application is denied.

The appellant has failed to establish that he was denied the *566effective assistance of appellate counsel (see, Jones v Barnes, 463 US 745). Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Miller, Thompson and Joy, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. WigginsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995