Opinion
2013-05195
04-04-2018
The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Gideon Forde, appellant.
Gideon Forde, Auburn, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), former appellate counsel.
HECTOR D. LASALLE BETSY BARROS FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ. (Ind. No. 304/12)
Gideon Forde, Auburn, NY, appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), former appellate counsel.
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 June 22, 2016 (People v Forde, 140 AD3d 1085), modifying a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 30, 2013.
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 US 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).
BALKIN, J.P., LASALLE, BARROS and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur. ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court