Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Middleton, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1961-07-05
Citations: 14 A.D.2d 557
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Middleton, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 557–558

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Middleton, Appellant.

Opinion:
The claimed defects in the proceedings and in the testimony before the Felony Court and the Grand Jury afford no basis for relief by way of coram nobis. (Cf. People ex rel. Hirschberg v. Close, 1 N Y 2d 258, 260-261; People v. Neeley, 4 A D 2d 1019; People v. Willett, 213 N. Y. 368, 375; People v. Manwaring, 3 A D 2d 952.) The purely eonelusory allegations in defendant's affidavits that he was coerced into pleading guilty and that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel, did not present any factual issue requiring a hearing (cf. People v. Smyth, 3 N Y 2d 184, 187-188; People v. Brown, 7 N Y 2d 359, 360). Nolan, P. J., Ughetta, Kleinfeld, Pette and Brennan, JJ., concur.