Legal Opinion

People v. Walker

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

Decided July 7, 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 February 13, 1996 (People v Walker, 224 AD2d 559), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered March 31, 1994.

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). Thompson, J. P., Sullivan, Friedmann and Krausman, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996