People v. Whitfield

• Decision Date: 28 July 1997
• Citation: 664 N.Y.S.2d 724,241 A.D.2d 561
• Parties: , 1997 N.Y. Slip Op. 7021 The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. John WHITFIELD, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

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664 N.Y.S.2d 724

241 A.D.2d 561, 1997 N.Y. Slip Op. 7021

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. John WHITFIELD, Appellant.

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

July 28, 1997.

John Whitfield, Stormville, appellant pro se.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Roseann B. MacKechnie, Nancy F. Talcott, and Todd F. Davis, of counsel; Itamar J. Yeger on memorandum), for respondent.

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 March 9, 1992 (People v. Whitfield, 181 A.D.2d 752, 581 N.Y.S.2d 77, affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered December 1, 1989.

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 RITTER, JJ., concur.