Opinion
2013-08-7
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Steven ARRIAGA, appellant.
Steven Arriaga, Malone, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent.
Steven Arriaga, Malone, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent.
Richard L. Herzfeld, New York, 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 August 8, 2005 ( People v. Arriaga, 21 A.D.3d 420, 799 N.Y.S.2d 420), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 1, 2000.
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).