Opinion
2013-07-10
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Michael AMES, appellant.
Michael Ames, Sonyea, N.Y., appellant pro se. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Anne E. Oh of counsel), for respondent.
Michael Ames, Sonyea, N.Y., appellant pro se. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Anne E. Oh of counsel), for respondent.
Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (Louis E. Mazzola of counsel), 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 June 13, 2012 ( People v. Ames, 96 A.D.3d 867, 946 N.Y.S.2d 246), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered January 25, 2010.
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).