Opinion
2012-05-1
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Miguel DeFREITAS, appellant.
Miguel DeFreitas, Wallkill, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Douglas Noll and Andrea M. DiGregorio of counsel), for respondent.
Miguel DeFreitas, Wallkill, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Douglas Noll and Andrea M. DiGregorio of counsel), for respondent.
Kent V. Moston, Hempstead, N.Y. (Jeremy L. Goldberg 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, 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).