PEOPLE v. ALVAREZ

No. 13.

33 N.Y.3d 286 (2019)

125 N.E.3d 117

2019 NY Slip Op 02383

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. OMAR ALVAREZ, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided March 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina A. Swarns , Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City ( Richard M. Greenberg and Rosemary Herbert of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Yan Slavinskiy and Patrick J. Hynes of counsel), for respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

On this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the Appellate Division properly denied defendant's petition for a writ of error coram nobis based upon his claim that he was deprived of the effective assistance of appellate counsel due to counsel's failure to challenge defendant's sentences as unduly harsh...

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