Legal Opinion

People v. Hodges

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

Decided October 12, 1999Published

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 January 19, 1999 (People v Hodges, 257 AD2d 630), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered October 17, 1997.

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., Altman, Friedmann and McGinity, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

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