Opinion
2015-07-15
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. James CHANCE, also known as Joseph Jenkins, appellant.
James Chance, also known as Joseph Jenkins, Fallsburg, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Raffaelina Gianfrancesco and Laurie G. Sapakoff of counsel), for respondent.
James Chance, also known as Joseph Jenkins, Fallsburg, N.Y., appellant pro se.Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Raffaelina Gianfrancesco and Laurie G. Sapakoff of counsel), for respondent.
Lisa H. Blitman, 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 April 3, 2013 (People v. Chance, 105 A.D.3d 758, 962 N.Y.S.2d 620), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered May 4, 2010.
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).