Legal Opinion

People v. Espinal

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

Decided February 22, 2000Published

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 11, 1994 (People v Espinal, 208 AD2d 644), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 29, 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). Santucci, J. P., Thompson, Friedmann and Krausman, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

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