Legal Opinion

People v. Cortez

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

Decided November 2, 1998Published

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 20, 1990 (People v Cortez, 158 AD2d 611), affirming a resentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County, imposed March 10, 1988, and an order of the same court, dated July 26, 1998, denying his motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment.

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…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. CortezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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