Legal Opinion

People v. De Meo

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

Decided February 23, 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 April 25, 1988, (People v De Meo, 139 AD2d 758), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered November 26, 1984.

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).

Bracken, J. P., Ritter, Thompson and Sullivan, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. De MeoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988