Legal Opinion

People v. Peoples

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

Decided June 14, 2017Published

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 March 18, 2015 (People v Peoples, 126 AD3d 919 [2015]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered May 9, 2013.

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 [1983]; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277 [2004]).

Dillon, J.P., Leventhal, Sgroi and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. StultzNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  3. People v. PeoplesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015