Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number 1990-04499 Attorney(S) John Amante, Fallsburg, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove Victor Barall of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. JOHN AMANTE, 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 U.S. 745). KRAUSMAN, J.P., FRIEDMANN, SCHMIDT and COZIER, JJ., concur.