Legal Opinion

People v. Purcell

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

Decided April 16, 1990PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Application by the defendant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate a decision and order of this court dated March 2, 1981 [80 AD2d 1002], which determined an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered May 14, 1976.

Ordered that the application is denied.

Upon reviewing the record on appeal and the brief submitted by counsel on the defendant’s direct appeal to this court, we find that the defendant’s appellate counsel satisfied the constitutional standard of effective assistance by capably pre*901senting nonfrivolous issues for this court’s consideration…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. SettembreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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