Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Butler, Also Known as Abdul Shariff, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-10-20
Citations: 243 A.D.2d 642
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v James Butler, Also Known as Abdul Shariff, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 642–642

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v James Butler, Also Known as Abdul Shariff, Appellant.
[665 NYS2d 522]

Opinion:
Application by the appellant for a writ of error co-ram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this Court dated July 22, 1991 (People v Butler, 175 AD2d 252), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered August 8, 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., Bracken, Miller and Thompson, JJ., concur.