Opinion
2011-09-27
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent,v.Ishmael ISRAEL, appellant.
Ishmael Israel, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se.Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Ann Bordley 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 August 20, 2001 ( People v. Israel, 286 A.D.2d 445, 730 N.Y.S.2d 247), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered February 22, 1999.
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).
PRUDENTI, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA and SKELOS, JJ., concur.