Opinion
1992–04806 Ind. No. 77897
12-13-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Miguel DEFREITAS, appellant.
Miguel DeFreitas, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se. Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Daniel S. Bresnahan and Andrea M. DiGregorio of counsel), for respondent. N. Scott Banks, Hempstead, N.Y. (Tammy Feman of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Miguel DeFreitas, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se.
Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Daniel S. Bresnahan and Andrea M. DiGregorio of counsel), for respondent.
N. Scott Banks, Hempstead, N.Y. (Tammy Feman of counsel), former appellate counsel.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., REINALDO E. RIVERA, MARK C. DILLON, JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, an opinion and order of this Court dated August 14, 1995 ( People v. DeFreitas, 213 A.D.2d 96, 630 N.Y.S.2d 755 ), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered June 9, 1992.
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., RIVERA, DILLON and COHEN, JJ., concur.