Opinion
2011-10-18
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent,v.Keith EDWARDS, appellant.
Keith Edwards, Elmira, N.Y., appellant pro se.Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Ellen C. Abbot, and Daniel Bresnahan of counsel), for respondent.Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Steven R. Bernard 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 January 12, 2010 ( People v. Edwards, 69 A.D.3d 755, 891 N.Y.S.2d 661), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered November 28, 2006.
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).
DILLON, J.P., FLORIO, HALL and SGROI, JJ., concur.