People v. Watson

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Earl Watson, appellant.

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

Date published: Jan 24, 2018

2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 446 (N.Y. App. Div. 2018)

Opinion

2012-07707

01-24-2018

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Earl Watson, appellant.

Earl Watson, Auburn, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Thomas M. Ross, and Terrence F. Heller of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY, former appellate counsel.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P.

JEFFREY A. COHEN SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ. (Ind. No. 4828/11)

Earl Watson, Auburn, NY, appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Thomas M. Ross, and Terrence F. Heller of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY, former appellate counsel.

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 October 15, 2014 (People v Watson, 121 AD3d 921), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered July 30, 2012.

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).

LEVENTHAL, J.P., COHEN, HINDS-RADIX and LASALLE, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court