Opinion
11-08-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. John SMITH, appellant.
John Smith, Alden, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent.
John Smith, Alden, NY, appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Merri Turk Lasky 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 November 14, 1988 ( People v. Smith, 144 A.D.2d 505, 534 N.Y.S.2d 879 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered September 11, 1985.
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 ).
RIVERA, J.P., LEVENTHAL, MALTESE and DUFFY, JJ., concur.