People v. Simpkins

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. David Simpkins…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: May 4, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 3536 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

2006-02687

05-04-2016

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. David Simpkins, appellant.

David Simpkins, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se. Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Barbara Kornblau of counsel), for respondent.

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

THOMAS A. DICKERSON ROBERT J. MILLER SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ. (Ind. No. 1277N/01)

David Simpkins, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.

Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Barbara Kornblau of counsel), for respondent.

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 November 13, 2007 (People v Simpkins, 45 AD3d 704), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered March 8, 2006.

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 US 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

DILLON, J.P., DICKERSON, MILLER and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court