People v. Cruz

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Miguel Cruz, appellant.

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

Date published: Jan 21, 2015

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 549 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

2011-07611

01-21-2015

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Miguel Cruz, appellant.

Miguel Cruz, Beacon, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Thomas M. Ross, and Terrence F. Heller of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (David P. Greenberg of counsel), former appellate counsel.

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

L. PRISCILLA HALL

SHERI S. ROMAN, JJ. (Ind. No. 8312/10)

Miguel Cruz, Beacon, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Thomas M. Ross, and Terrence F. Heller of counsel), for respondent.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (David P. Greenberg of counsel), 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 November 6, 2013 (People v Cruz, 111 AD3d 651), affirming a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County, imposed March 21, 2011.

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).

ENG, P.J., MASTRO, HALL and ROMAN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court