Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1998

People v. Cortez

People v. Cortez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 2, 1998
255 A.D.2d 332; 679 N.Y.S.2d 331; 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11597
People v. Cortez

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 February 20, 1990 (People v Cortez, 158 AD2d 611), affirming a resentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County, imposed March 10, 1988, and an order of the same court, dated July 26, 1998, denying his motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment.

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., Miller, Thompson and Goldstein, JJ., concur.

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