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People v. Cruz

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Feb 21, 2012
92 A.D.3d 891 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)

Opinion

2012-02-21

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Carlos CRUZ, appellant.

Carlos Cruz, Romulus, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twerski of counsel), for respondent.


Carlos Cruz, Romulus, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twerski of counsel), for respondent.

Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), 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 December 4, 2007 ( People v. Cruz, 46 A.D.3d 567, 846 N.Y.S.2d 376), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered November 22, 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, A.P.J., SKELOS, DILLON and ANGIOLILLO, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Cruz

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Feb 21, 2012
92 A.D.3d 891 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)
Case details for

People v. Cruz

Case Details

Full title:The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Carlos CRUZ, appellant.

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Date published: Feb 21, 2012

Citations

92 A.D.3d 891 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)
2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 1476
938 N.Y.S.2d 813