Legal Opinion

People v. Amante

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

Decided March 4, 2002PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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 August 4, 1997 (People v Amante, 242 AD2d 275), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered July 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). Krausman, J.P., Friedmann, Schmidt and Cozier, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. AmanteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Amante v. WalkerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2003