Legal Opinion

People v. Cheatham

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

Decided August 27, 2001Published

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 June 27, 1994 (People v Cheatham, 205 AD2d 794), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered November 28, 1989.

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). Ritter, J. P., Altman, S. Miller and Friedmann, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

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