Opinion
11-25-2015
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Frankie RIVERA, appellant.
Frankie Rivera, Napanoch, N.Y., appellant pro se. Madeline Singas, Acting District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Tammy J. Smiley and Andrea M. DiGregorio of counsel; Konstantinos Litourgis on the memorandum), for respondent.
Frankie Rivera, Napanoch, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Madeline Singas, Acting District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Tammy J. Smiley and Andrea M. DiGregorio of counsel; Konstantinos Litourgis on the memorandum), for respondent.
Opinion
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 November 19, 2001 (People v. Rivera, 288 A.D.2d 402, 732 N.Y.S.2d 895), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered January 6, 1999.
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).
DILLON, J.P., CHAMBERS, AUSTIN and SGROI, JJ., concur.