New York Court of Appeals

The People of the State of New York v. Rickey L. Bachert

June 4, 198769 N.Y.2d 593

Summary

The Court held that CPL 440.10 does not provide a remedy for claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel and that such claims must be brought by a writ of error coram nobis in the intermediate appellate court that rendered the order, reversing and remanding the Appellate Division’s decision.