Opinion
2013-03-20
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Sylveste BELGRAVE, also known as Sylvester Belgrave, appellant.
Sylveste Belgrave, also known as Sylvester Belgrave, Comstock, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Solomon Neubort, and Marie John–Drigo of counsel), for respondent.
Sylveste Belgrave, also known as Sylvester Belgrave, Comstock, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Solomon Neubort, and Marie John–Drigo of counsel), for respondent.
Martin Goldberg, Franklin Square, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
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 May 20, 2008 ( People v. Belgrave, 51 A.D.3d 939, 860 N.Y.S.2d 541), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered July 7, 2005.
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).