Legal Opinion

People v. Gaddy

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

Decided March 24, 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 7, 1994 (People v Gaddy, 209 AD2d 430), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 6, 1991.

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). O’Brien, J. P., Thompson, Joy and Altman, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. GaddyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994