Opinion
2008-11103 Ind. No. 07-00545
09-02-2020
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Juan R. BERNARDEZ, Appellant.
Juan Bernardez, named herein as Juan R. Bernardez, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se. Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Jordan K. Hummel and William C. Milaccio of counsel), for respondent. Gerald Zuckerman, Ossining, NY, former appellate counsel.
Juan Bernardez, named herein as Juan R. Bernardez, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.
Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Jordan K. Hummel and William C. Milaccio of counsel), for respondent.
Gerald Zuckerman, Ossining, NY, former appellate counsel.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JEFFREY A. COHEN, SYLVIA O. HINDS–RADIX, JJ.
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 May 25, 2010 ( People v. Bernardez , 73 A.D.3d 1196, 901 N.Y.S.2d 699 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, rendered November 5, 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 ).
AUSTIN, J.P., LEVENTHAL, COHEN and HINDS–RADIX, JJ., concur.