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People v. Sykes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 12, 2011
86 A.D.3d 583 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Opinion

No. 1998-02524.

July 12, 2011.

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 26, 2001 ( People v Sykes, 280 AD2d 689), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 5, 1998.

Mellsun Sykes, Napanoch, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Jodi L. Mandel, and David Korngold of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Prudenti, P.J., Rivera, Skelos and Florio, JJ


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; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).


Summaries of

People v. Sykes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 12, 2011
86 A.D.3d 583 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
Case details for

People v. Sykes

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MELLSUN SYKES…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jul 12, 2011

Citations

86 A.D.3d 583 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)
2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 5974
926 N.Y.S.2d 903