People v. Banner

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Damon C. Banner…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: May 11, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 3748 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

2012-08899 2012-08900

05-11-2016

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Damon C. Banner, appellant.

Damon C. Banner, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se. Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Judith R. Sternberg and Monica M. C. Leiter of counsel), for respondent. Martin Goldberg, Franklin Square, NY, former appellate counsel.

RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P.

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS ROBERT J. MILLER SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ. (Ind. Nos. 2065/11, 289/12)

Damon C. Banner, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.

Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Judith R. Sternberg and Monica M. C. Leiter of counsel), for respondent.

Martin Goldberg, Franklin Square, NY, former appellate counsel.

DECISION & ORDER

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, 2014 (People v Banner, 122 AD3d 641), affirming two judgments of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered August 8, 2012, and September 28, 2012, respectively.

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).

BALKIN, J.P., CHAMBERS, MILLER and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court