Opinion
2013-12-18
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Julio RIVERA, appellant.
Ruth M. Liebesman, New York, N.Y., for appellant. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Rhea A. Grob of counsel), for respondent.
Ruth M. Liebesman, New York, N.Y., for appellant. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Rhea A. Grob 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 July 28, 2003 (People v. Rivera, 307 A.D.2d 369, 762 N.Y.S.2d 828), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered February 8, 2001.
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., RIVERA, COHEN and MILLER, JJ., concur.