Opinion
2009–11111 Ind. No. 0002/07
02-21-2018
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. David BERNARD, appellant.
David Bernard, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Antara D. Kanth of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Steven R. Bernhard of counsel), former appellate counsel.
David Bernard, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Antara D. Kanth of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Steven R. Bernhard of counsel), former appellate counsel.
MARK C. DILLON, J.P., RUTH C. BALKIN, JEFFREY A. COHEN, JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ.
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 21, 2012 ( People v. Bernard, 100 A.D.3d 916, 954 N.Y.S.2d 209 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered November 17, 2009.
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 ).
DILLON, J.P., BALKIN, COHEN and MALTESE, JJ., concur.