Opinion
05-10-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Shaheem CHAVIS, appellant.
Shaheem Chavis, Auburn, NY, appellant pro se. Michael E. McMahon, District Attorney, Staten Island, NY (Morrie I. Kleinbart of counsel), for respondent.
Shaheem Chavis, Auburn, NY, appellant pro se.
Michael E. McMahon, District Attorney, Staten Island, NY (Morrie I. Kleinbart 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 March 24, 1997 (People v. Chavis, 237 A.D.2d 527, 656 N.Y.S.2d 903 ), determining an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County, rendered May 25, 1995.
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 ).
HALL, J.P., SGROI, MALTESE and LaSALLE, JJ., concur.