Opinion
2013-03-6
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Lewis FRANCOIS, appellant.
Lewis Francois, Fallsburg, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Morgan J. Dennehy, and Adam Koelsch of counsel), for respondent.
Lewis Francois, Fallsburg, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Morgan J. Dennehy, and Adam Koelsch 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 June 7, 2011 ( People v. Francois, 85 A.D.3d 813, 925 N.Y.S.2d 529), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered June 4, 2008.
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).