People v. Adams

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Damien Adams…

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

Date published: May 25, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 4064 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

2006-03262

05-25-2016

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Damien Adams, appellant.

Damien Adams, Ossining, NY, appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Erica Horwitz of counsel), former appellate counsel.

RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P.

THOMAS A. DICKERSON SANDRA L. SGROI FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ. (Ind. No. 5662/05)

Damien Adams, Ossining, NY, appellant pro se.

Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Erica Horwitz of counsel), 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 7, 2008 (People v Adams, 55 AD3d 616), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 15, 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).

BALKIN, J.P., DICKERSON, SGROI and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court