Legal Opinion

People v. Spence

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

Decided April 26, 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 June 22, 1998 (People v Spence, 251 AD2d 604), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered December 4, 1995.

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). Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Krausman and Mc-Ginity, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. SpenceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998