Opinion
2014-06-25
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Roland ALFORD, appellant.
Roland Alford, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent.
Roland Alford, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy 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 1, 1999 ( People v. Alford, 266 A.D.2d 225, 696 N.Y.S.2d 904), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 16, 1996.
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., BALKIN, HALL and MILLER, JJ., concur.