Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gerald Smith, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-09-15
Citations: 65 A.D.3d 1168
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gerald Smith, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 65
Pages: 1168–1169

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gerald Smith, Appellant.
[885 NYS2d 212]

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 4, 1985 (People v Smith, 108 AD2d 763 [1985]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 7, 1982.
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]). Mastro, J.P., Rivera, Spolzino and Skelos, JJ., concur.