Opinion
2014-09-24
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Darnell EPPS, appellant.
Darnell Epps, Romulus, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Seth M. Lieberman of counsel), for respondent.
Darnell Epps, Romulus, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Seth M. Lieberman of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
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 May 27, 2003 (People v. Epps, 305 A.D.2d 697, 759 N.Y.S.2d 893), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered November 15, 2000.
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). RIVERA, J.P., BALKIN, DICKERSON and SGROI, JJ., concur.