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People v. Boakye

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Jun 16, 2021
195 A.D.3d 856 (N.Y. App. Div. 2021)

Opinion

2012–04113 Ind. No. 4863/10

06-16-2021

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Elijah BOAKYE, appellant.

Elijah Boakye, Beacon, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. ( Leonard Joblove and Diane R. Eisner of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. ( Lynn W.L. Fahey of counsel), former appellate counsel.


Elijah Boakye, Beacon, NY, appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. ( Leonard Joblove and Diane R. Eisner of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. ( Lynn W.L. Fahey of counsel), former appellate counsel.

MARK C. DILLON, J.P., FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, 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 September 25, 2013 ( People v. Boakye, 109 A.D.3d 998, 971 N.Y.S.2d 474 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 20, 2012.

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., CONNOLLY, IANNACCI and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Boakye

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Jun 16, 2021
195 A.D.3d 856 (N.Y. App. Div. 2021)
Case details for

People v. Boakye

Case Details

Full title:The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Elijah Boakye…

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

Date published: Jun 16, 2021

Citations

195 A.D.3d 856 (N.Y. App. Div. 2021)
2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 3848
145 N.Y.S.3d 421

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