Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rafael Torres, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-12-12
Citations: 24 A.D.3d 574
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Rafael Torres, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 24
Pages: 574–575

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Rafael Torres, Appellant.
[805 NYS2d 294]

Opinion:
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 6, 1989 (People v Torres, 147 AD2d 513 [1989]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 20, 1987.
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 [1983]; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). Prudenti, P.J., Cozier, Crane and S. Miller, JJ., concur.