Opinion
2015–11426 Ind.No. 1861/11
07-08-2020
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Reginald DUPREE, Appellant.
Reginald Dupree, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Johnnette Traill, Joseph N. Ferdenzi, and Josette Simmons McGhee of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Lisa Napoli of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Reginald Dupree, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Johnnette Traill, Joseph N. Ferdenzi, and Josette Simmons McGhee of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Lisa Napoli of counsel), former appellate counsel.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P., SHERI S. ROMAN, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, 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, a decision and order of this Court dated March 13, 2019 ( People v. Dupree, 170 A.D.3d 881, 93 N.Y.S.3d 872 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered October 5, 2015.
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 ).
LEVENTHAL, J.P., ROMAN, CONNOLLY and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.