Opinion
2012-08-29
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Gus FRANKLIN, appellant.
Gus Franklin, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Jeanette Lifschitz, and John F. McGoldrick of counsel), for respondent.
Gus Franklin, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Jeanette Lifschitz, and John F. McGoldrick of counsel), for respondent.
William E. Hellerstein, Garrison, N.Y., 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 June 26, 1978 ( People v. Franklin, 63 A.D.2d 1124, 406 N.Y.S.2d 646), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered July 20, 1977.
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).