Legal Opinion

People v. Vasquez

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

Decided October 11, 1994Published

1Opinion of the Court

Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate a decision and order of this Court dated May 14, 1990 (People v Vasquez, 161 AD2d 678), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered September 23, 1986, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.

Ordered that the application is denied.

The defendant has failed to establish that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel (see, Jones v Barnes, 463 US 745). Sullivan, J. P., Balletta, Friedmann and Krausman, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. VasquezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990