Opinion
05-17-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Chad JOHNSON, appellant.
Chad Johnson, Fishkill, NY, appellant pro se. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, NY (Thomas C. Costello of counsel), for respondent. Laurette D. Mulry, Riverhead, NY (Louis E. Mazzola of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Chad Johnson, Fishkill, NY, appellant pro se.
Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, NY (Thomas C. Costello of counsel), for respondent.
Laurette D. Mulry, Riverhead, NY (Louis E. Mazzola 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 December 24, 2014 (People v. Johnson, 123 A.D.3d 1055, 999 N.Y.S.2d 517 ), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered January 17, 2012.
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 ).
CHAMBERS, J.P., MILLER, DUFFY and LaSALLE, JJ., concur.