Opinion
2013–08093 Ind.No. 3322/12
03-25-2020
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Hikeem GREEN, Appellant.
Hikeem Green, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Johnnette Traill, Joseph N. Ferdenzi, and Josette Simmons McGhee of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Mark W. Vorkink of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Hikeem Green, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Johnnette Traill, Joseph N. Ferdenzi, and Josette Simmons McGhee of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Mark W. Vorkink of counsel), former appellate counsel.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P., ROBERT J. MILLER, JOSEPH J. MALTESE, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER 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 ).
LEVENTHAL, J.P., MILLER, MALTESE and DUFFY, JJ., concur.