Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 2003-04626. Advocates Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Jodi L. Mandel, Terry-Ann Llewellyn of counsel), for Judges Randall T. Eng See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. OPINION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GUS BETHEA, 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).