Legal Opinion

People v. Rivera

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

Decided April 7, 2003Published

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 October 18, 1999 (People v Rivera, 265 AD2d 509 [1999]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered September 30, 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 [1983]). Prudenti, P.J., Ritter, Santucci and Goldstein, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

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