Opinion
11-02-2016
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Angel MALDONADO, appellant.
Angel Maldonado, Malone, N.Y., appellant pro se. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Rosalind C. Gray of counsel), for respondent. Laurette Mulry, Riverhead, N.Y. (Louis E. Mazzola of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Angel Maldonado, Malone, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Rosalind C. Gray of counsel), for respondent.
Laurette Mulry, Riverhead, N.Y. (Louis E. Mazzola of counsel), 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 August 8, 2005 (People v. Maldonado, 21 A.D.3d 430, 799 N.Y.S.2d 423 ), affirming two judgments of the County Court, Suffolk County, both rendered April 25, 2003.
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 ).
ENG, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA and LEVENTHAL, JJ., concur.