Legal Opinion

People v. James

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

Decided December 15, 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 November 23, 1992 (People v James, 187 AD2d 672), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered November 8, 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). Mangano, P. J., Copertirio, Pizzuto and Santucci, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992