Legal Opinion

People v. Woods

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

Decided January 22, 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 28, 1999 (People v Woods, *595262 AD2d 668), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered August 14, 1997.

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). Bracken, Acting P. J., Ritter, Altman and Friedmann, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. WoodsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999