People v. Fountain

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Albert Fountain…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Apr 1, 2015

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 2784 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

2010-10283 Ind. No. 934/09

04-01-2015

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Albert Fountain, appellant.

Albert Fountain, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Trail, Jeanette Lifschitz, and Roni C. Piplani of counsel), for respondent.

RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P.

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

SANDRA L. SGROI

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.

Albert Fountain, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Trail, Jeanette Lifschitz, and Roni C. Piplani of counsel), for respondent.

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 January 23, 2013 (People v Fountain, 102 AD3d 887), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered October 14, 2010.

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., AUSTIN, SGROI and DUFFY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court