Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1997

People v. Stapleton

People v. Stapleton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 1, 1997
245 A.D.2d 319; 667 N.Y.S.2d 264; 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12021
People v. Stapleton

Opinion 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 May 16, 1994 (People v Stapleton, 204 AD2d 580), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered June 24, 1991.

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., O’Brien, Sullivan and Joy, JJ., concur.

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