People v. Hollenquest

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Shamel Hollenquest…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: May 11, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 3755 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

2006-04602

05-11-2016

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Shamel Hollenquest, appellant.

Shamel Hollenquest, Dannemora, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, William H. Branigan, and Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Steven R. Bernhard of counsel), former appellate counsel.

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

RUTH C. BALKIN SANDRA L. SGROI COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ. (Ind. No. 599/04)

Shamel Hollenquest, Dannemora, NY, appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, William H. Branigan, and Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott of counsel), for respondent.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Steven R. Bernhard of counsel), former appellate counsel.

DECISION & ORDER

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 February 13, 2008 (People v Hollenquest, 48 AD3d 592), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 27, 2006.

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 US 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

RIVERA, J.P., BALKIN, SGROI and DUFFY, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court