Opinion
2011-10-18
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent,v.Beresford HALL, appellant.
Beresford Hall, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Anne E. Oh of counsel), for respondent.Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (Alfred J. Cicale of counsel), 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 January 31, 2005 ( People v. Hall, 14 A.D.3d 992, 790 N.Y.S.2d 417), affirming two sentences of the County Court, Suffolk County, imposed December 19, 2003.
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).
MASTRO, J.P., RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ., concur.