Opinion
2013–05195 Ind. No. 304/12
04-04-2018
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Gideon FORDE, appellant.
Gideon Forde, Auburn, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Gideon Forde, Auburn, NY, appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), former appellate counsel.
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P., HECTOR D. LASALLE, BETSY BARROS, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.
DECISION & ORDERApplication 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 A.D.3d 1085, 34 N.Y.S.3d 477 ), 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 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 ).
BALKIN, J.P., LASALLE, BARROS and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.