Opinion
2012-05-8
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Robert BURKS, appellant.
Robert Burks, Auburn, N.Y., appellant pro se. *773 Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Ruth E. Ross of counsel), for respondent.
Robert Burks, Auburn, N.Y., appellant pro se. *773 Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Ruth E. Ross 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 May 15, 2000 ( People v. Burks, 272 A.D.2d 476, 708 N.Y.S.2d 318), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered February 3, 1998.
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).