Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 1998-04209. Attorney(S) Teofilo Tavarez, Woodbourne, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Lois Cullen Valerio Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for Judges William F. Mastro Reinaldo E. Rivera Robert J. Miller See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TEOFILO TAVAREZ, Appellant. 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).