People v. Banks

• Decision Date: 09 December 1996
• Citation: 234 A.D.2d 377,651 N.Y.S.2d 877
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Frank BANKS, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Page 877

651 N.Y.S.2d 877

234 A.D.2d 377

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Frank BANKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department.

Dec. 9, 1996.

Frank Banks, Ossining, appellant pro se.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Caroline R. Donhauser, of counsel), for respondent.

Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate and trial counsel, a decision and order of this court dated October 17, 1994 (People v. Banks, 208 A.D.2d 759, 617 N.Y.S.2d 796), modifying a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered February 26, 1987.

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).

BRACKEN, J.P., and THOMPSON, SANTUCCI and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.