People v. Newton
This text of 236 A.D.2d 426 (People v. Newton) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
—Application by the appellant pro se for (1) 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 7, 1988 (People v Newton, 138 AD2d 415), affirming a judgment.of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 22, 1984, and (2) a writ of habeas corpus to release the defendant on his own recognizance or, in the alternative, fixing bail.
Ordered that the application is denied, without costs or disbursements, and the proceeding is dismissed.
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, Rosenblatt and Thompson, JJ., concur.
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236 A.D.2d 426, 654 N.Y.S.2d 320, 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1055, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-newton-nyappdiv-1997.