Opinion
2012-12-12
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Jamel TORRES, appellant.
Jamel Torres, Attica, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Andrea M. DiGregorio and Douglas Noll of counsel), for respondent.
Jamel Torres, Attica, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Andrea M. DiGregorio and Douglas Noll of counsel), for respondent.
Leon H. Tracy, Jericho, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
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 15, 2004 ( People v. Torres, 12 A.D.3d 539, 786 N.Y.S.2d 61), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered November 20, 2002.
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).