Opinion
2016–05076 Ind.No. 141/11
05-13-2020
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Pedro SANTOS, appellant.
Pedro Santos, Coxsackie, NY, appellant pro se. Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Tammy J. Smiley and Cristin N.Connell of counsel), for respondent. Leon H. Tracy, Jericho, NY, former appellate counsel.
Pedro Santos, Coxsackie, NY, appellant pro se.
Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Tammy J. Smiley and Cristin N.Connell of counsel), for respondent.
Leon H. Tracy, Jericho, NY, former appellate counsel.
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P., CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, LEONARD B. AUSTIN, HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.
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 May 16, 2018 ( People v. Santos, 161 A.D.3d 1015, 78 N.Y.S.3d 145 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered April 22, 2016.
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 ).
BALKIN, J.P., CHAMBERS, AUSTIN and LASALLE, JJ., concur.