Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Whitfield, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-07-28
Citations: 241 A.D.2d 561
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Whitfield, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 241
Pages: 561–561

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Whitfield, Appellant.
[664 NYS2d 724]

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 March 9, 1992 (People v Whitfield, 181 AD2d 752), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered December 1, 1989.
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., Rosenblatt, O'Brien and Ritter, JJ., concur.