Opinion
2012-08-8
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Reginald GOUSSE, appellant.
Reginald Gousse, Elmira, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert A. Schwartz and Sarah S. Rabinowitz of counsel), for respondent.
Reginald Gousse, Elmira, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert A. Schwartz and Sarah S. Rabinowitz of counsel), for respondent.
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 September 11, 2007 ( People v. Gousse, 43 A.D.3d 958, 841 N.Y.S.2d 383), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered April 19, 2006.
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).