People v. Blount

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Mark Blount, appellant.

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Mar 28, 2018

2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 2201 (N.Y. App. Div. 2018)

Opinion

2005-00599

03-28-2018

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Mark Blount, appellant.

Mark Blount, Elmira, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), former appellate counsel.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

MARK C. DILLON JOSEPH J. MALTESE HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ. (Ind. No. 565/04)

Mark Blount, Elmira, NY, appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), former appellate counsel.

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 January 22, 2008 (People v Blount, 47 AD3d 825), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered December 7, 2004.

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 US 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

MASTRO, J.P., DILLON, MALTESE and LASALLE, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court