Opinion
2013-12-26
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. William FIGUEROA, appellant.
William Figueroa, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Camille O'Hara Gillespie of counsel), for respondent.
William Figueroa, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Camille O'Hara Gillespie of counsel), for respondent.
Charles Lavine, Albany, 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 March 27, 1995 (People v. Figueroa, 213 A.D.2d 669, 625 N.Y.S.2d 49), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 13, 1991, an amended judgment of the same court rendered March 13, 1991, and an order of the same court dated January 27, 1992.
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). MASTRO, J.P., LOTT, SGROI and MILLER, JJ., concur.