Legal Opinion

People v. Deacon

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

Decided August 25, 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 May 18, 1992 (People v Deacon, 183 AD2d 843), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered January 12, 1990.

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). Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Rosenblatt and Santucci, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. DeaconAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992