Opinion
10-25-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Kareem CUNNINGHAM, Appellant.
Kareem Cunningham, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Ruth E. Ross, and Terrence F. Heller of Counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (William Kastin of Counsel), former appellate counsel.
Kareem Cunningham, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se.
Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Ruth E. Ross, and Terrence F. Heller of Counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (William Kastin 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 July 2, 2014 ( People v. Cunningham, 119 A.D.3d 601, 988 N.Y.S.2d 696 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered December 22, 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 ).
MASTRO, J.P., LEVENTHAL, CHAMBERS and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.