Opinion
2014-05-14
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Eugene G. LaPIERRE, appellant.
Eugene G. LaPierre, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Judith R. Sternberg and Sarah S. Rabinowitz of counsel), for respondent.
Eugene G. LaPierre, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Judith R. Sternberg and Sarah S. Rabinowitz 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 July 19, 2011 ( People v. LaPierre, 86 A.D.3d 619, 926 N.Y.S.2d 915), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered February 15, 2008.
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). DILLON, J.P., LEVENTHAL, HALL and LOTT, JJ., concur.