People v. Genyard

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Donnell Genyard…

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

Date published: May 3, 2017

2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 3530 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)

2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 3529

Opinion

2007-09575

05-03-2017

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Donnell Genyard, appellant.

Donnell Genyard, Elmira, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Anastasia Spanakos of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY, former appellate counsel.

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

SANDRA L. SGROI JEFFREY A. COHEN ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ. (Ind. No. 435/05)

Donnell Genyard, Elmira, NY, appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Anastasia Spanakos of counsel), for respondent.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY, former appellate counsel.

DECISION & ORDER

Application by the appellant dated August 5, 2016, 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 May 31, 2011 (People v Genyard, 84 AD3d 1398), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered September 17, 2007.

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).

DILLON, J.P., SGROI, COHEN and MILLER, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court