Opinion
2016-11824, 2017-05937.
11-22-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. William BARNES, appellant.
William Barnes, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se. Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Daniel Bresnahan and Cristin N. Connell of counsel), for respondent.
William Barnes, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se.
Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Daniel Bresnahan and Cristin N. Connell of counsel), for respondent.
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 November 2, 1981 ( People v. Barnes, 84 A.D.2d 752, 449 N.Y.S.2d 146 ), affirming two judgments of the County Court, Nassau County, both rendered November 20, 1979.
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 ).
ENG, P.J., LEVENTHAL, SGROI and MALTESE, JJ., concur.