Opinion
2015-07-15
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Valery LaTOUCHE, appellant.
Valery LaTouche, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se. Thomas P. Zugibe, District Attorney, New City, N.Y. (Itamar J. Yeger of counsel), for respondent.
Valery LaTouche, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se. Thomas P. Zugibe, District Attorney, New City, N.Y. (Itamar J. Yeger 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 April 7, 2009 (People v. Latouche, 61 A.D.3d 702, 876 N.Y.S.2d 497), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County, rendered November 15, 2005.
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).