Opinion
2012-02-14
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Arthur COOK, Appellant.
Arthur Cook, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Sholom J. Twersky, and Terrence Heller of counsel), for respondent.
Arthur Cook, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Sholom J. Twersky, and Terrence Heller of counsel), for respondent.
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 January 30, 1984 ( People v. Cook, 99 A.D.2d 552, 471 N.Y.S.2d 640), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 6, 1981.
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).