People v. Stultz
- Decided
- May 4, 2004
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- New York
Cited 3,665 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- recognizing that New York State law “authoriz[es] appeals (by permission) to this Court from appellate orders granting or denying coram nobis relief based on claims of ineffective assistance or wrongful deprivation.” — Allen v. Artus (2020)
- recognizing that New York State law “authoriz[es] appeals (by permission) to [the New York Court of Appeals] from appellate orders granting or denying coram nobis relief based on claims of ineffective assistance or wrongful deprivation.” — Brooks v. Sticht (2022)
- explaining that pursuant to CPL § 450.90, the Court of Appeals may choose to review “appellate orders granting or denying coram nobis relief based on claims of ineffective assistance or wrongful deprivation of appellate counsel” — Moncayo v. Superintendent Green Haven Correctional Facility (2025)
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How the opinion begins
OPINION OF THE COURT Rosenblatt, J.
Defendants in criminal cases have a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel (US Const 6th Amend; NY Const, art I, § 6). In People v Baldi (54 NY2d 137 [1981]), we set the standard for claimed ineffective assistance of trial counsel, holding that the constitutional requirements are met when the defense attorney provides “meaningful representation.” We are now called upon, for the first time, to set a standard for claimed ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. We conclude that the same standard—meaningful representation—should be applied and that in the case before us appellate counsel met the test. In so holding, we reject defendant’s claim that appellate counsel was ineffective for having failed to assail trial counsel’s performance. Accordingly, we affirm the Appellate Division’s denial of defendant’s motion for coram nobis relief.
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People v. Stultz, 810 N.E.2d 883 (2004)Read the full opinion
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