Opinion
2012-09-12
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Abner ALVAREZ, appellant.
Abner Alvarez, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Francis D. Phillips II, District Attorney, Goshen, N.Y. (Robert H. Middlemiss of counsel), for respondent.
Abner Alvarez, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Francis D. Phillips II, District Attorney, Goshen, N.Y. (Robert H. Middlemiss of counsel), for respondent.
Jane M. Bloom, Rock Hill, 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 October 11, 2011 ( People v. Alvarez, 88 A.D.3d 807, 930 N.Y.S.2d 890), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered December 16, 2008.
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).