Legal Opinion

People v. McCloud

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

Decided April 12, 1999Published

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 2, 1998 (People v McCloud, 247 AD2d 409), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 15, 1996.

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

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. McCloudAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998