Legal Opinion

People v. Shakur

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

Decided May 28, 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 April 13, 1998 (People v Shakur, 249 AD2d 424), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered June 18, 1996.

*605Ordered 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). Altman, J.P., Florio, Krausman and Luciano, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

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