Opinion
2007–06846 Ind. No. 2188/06
10-02-2019
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Leon JONES, Appellant.
Leon Jones, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se. Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Daniel Bresnahan and Laurie K. Gibbons of counsel), for respondent. Joseph F. DeFelice, Kew Gardens, NY, former appellate counsel.
Leon Jones, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.
Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Daniel Bresnahan and Laurie K. Gibbons of counsel), for respondent.
Joseph F. DeFelice, Kew Gardens, NY, former appellate counsel.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., MARK C. DILLON, JOHN M. LEVENTHAL VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
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 April 28, 2009 ( People v. Jones, 61 A.D.3d 995, 879 N.Y.S.2d 477 ), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered July 16, 2007.
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., DILLON, LEVENTHAL and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.