People v. Bonds

Full title: The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Gentl BONDS, appellant.

Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Date published: Jun 8, 2016

140 A.D.3d 897 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 4427

31 N.Y.S.3d 894

Opinion

06-08-2016

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Gentl BONDS, appellant.

Howard D. Lee, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Robert J. Masters and Edward D. Saslaw of counsel), for respondent.

Howard D. Lee, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Robert J. Masters and Edward D. Saslaw of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion 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 June 4, 2014 (People v. Bonds, 118 A.D.3d 717, 987 N.Y.S.2d 428 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered March 30, 2011.

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 ).

BALKIN, J.P., AUSTIN, MILLER and MALTESE, JJ., concur.