Opinion
2012-09-12
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Bernard JOHNSON, appellant.
Franzblau Dratch, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Stephen Dratch of counsel), for appellant.
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 March 3, 2009 ( People v. Johnson, 60 A.D.3d 695, 874 N.Y.S.2d 552), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered October 21, 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).