People v. Baez

• Decision Date: 25 August 1997
• Citation: 242 A.D.2d 387,661 N.Y.S.2d 992
• Parties: , 1997 N.Y. Slip Op. 7262 The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Candido BAEZ, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

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661 N.Y.S.2d 992

242 A.D.2d 387, 1997 N.Y. Slip Op. 7262

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Candido BAEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division,

Second Department.

Aug. 25, 1997.

Candido Baez, Wallkill, appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens (William R. Horwitz and Young C. Lee, of counsel), for respondent.

Daniel V. Finneran, Brooklyn, nonparty former appellate counsel.

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 October 4, 1993 (People v. Baez, 197 A.D.2d 527, 602 N.Y.S.2d 180), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered February 6, 1990.

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 U.S. 745, 103 S.Ct. 3308, 77 L.Ed.2d 987).

MANGANO, P.J., and ROSENBLATT, O'BRIEN and COPERTINO, JJ., concur.