People v. Covington

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. John Covington…

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

Date published: Nov 30, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 8089 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

1998-11361

11-30-2016

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. John Covington, appellant.

John Covington, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, Anastasia Spanakos, and Josette Simmons McGhee of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY, former appellate counsel.

L. PRISCILLA HALL, J.P.

SANDRA L. SGROI JOSEPH J. MALTESE COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ. (Ind. No. 423/98)

John Covington, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, Anastasia Spanakos, and Josette Simmons McGhee of counsel), for respondent.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY, 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 July 9, 2001 (People v Covington, 285 AD2d 515), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 2, 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 US 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

HALL, J.P., SGROI, MALTESE and DUFFY, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court