Opinion
08-23-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Richard PINTO, appellant.
Richard Pinto, Napanoch, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Rhea A. Grob, and Arieh Schulman of counsel), for respondent.
Richard Pinto, Napanoch, NY, appellant pro se.
Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Rhea A. Grob, and Arieh Schulman of counsel), for respondent.
Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this Court dated November 5, 2008 ( People v. Pinto, 56 A.D.3d 494, 866 N.Y.S.2d 764 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 8, 2006.
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, 103 S.Ct. 3308, 77 L.Ed.2d 987 ; People v. Stultz, 2 N.Y.3d 277, 778 N.Y.S.2d 431, 810 N.E.2d 883 ).
RIVERA, J.P., DILLON, BRATHWAITE NELSON and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.