People v. Benjamin

Full title: THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. DAVID BENJAMIN, appellant

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jul 30, 2001

285 A.D.2d 650 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

728 N.Y.S.2d 395

Opinion

July 30, 2001.

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 March 20, 2000 (People v. Benjamin, 270 A.D.2d 428), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered September 12, 1995.

David Benjamin, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Alyson J. Gill of counsel), for respondent.

Before: LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, P.J., CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, FRED T. SANTUCCI, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, JJ.

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).

BRACKEN, P.J., O'BRIEN, SANTUCCI and LUCIANO, JJ., concur.