Opinion
2005–00599 Ind.No. 565/04
03-28-2018
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Mark BLOUNT, appellant.
Mark Blount, Elmira, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Mark Blount, Elmira, NY, appellant pro se.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), former appellate counsel.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., MARK C. DILLON, JOSEPH J. MALTESE, HECTOR D. LASALLE, 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 January 22, 2008 ( People v. Blount, 47 A.D.3d 825, 849 N.Y.S.2d 640 ), 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 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 ).
MASTRO, J.P., DILLON, MALTESE and LASALLE, JJ., concur.