Legal Opinion

People v. Lewis

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

Decided October 15, 2002Published

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 June 25, 2001 (People v Lewis, 284 AD2d 553), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered October 1, 1999.

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., Feuerstein, Krausman and McGinity, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. LewisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001