Legal Opinion

People v. Vidal

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

Decided April 6, 1998Published

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 September 23, 1996 (People v Vidal, 231 AD2d 655), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered June 27, 1994.

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., Thompson, Altman and Florio, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. VidalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996