Opinion
2013-11-13
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Nicholas BLAKE, appellant.
Nicholas Blake, Kearny, New Jersey, appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Hae Jin Liu, Steven A. Bender, and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
Nicholas Blake, Kearny, New Jersey, appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Hae Jin Liu, Steven A. Bender, and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
Dennis M. Walsh, 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 May 26, 2009 ( People v. Blake, 62 A.D.3d 1019, 878 N.Y.S.2d 914), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered January 22, 2007.
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).