People v. LaTouche

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Valery LaTouche…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Jul 15, 2015

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 6168 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

2006-01150

07-15-2015

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Valery LaTouche, appellant.

Valery LaTouche, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se. Thomas P. Zugibe, District Attorney, New City, N.Y. (Itamar J. Yeger of counsel), for respondent.

PETER B. SKELOS, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

JEFFREY A. COHEN

SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ. (Ind. No. 05-00035)

Valery LaTouche, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Thomas P. Zugibe, District Attorney, New City, N.Y. (Itamar J. Yeger of counsel), for respondent.

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 7, 2009 (People v Latouche, 61 AD3d 702), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County, rendered November 15, 2005.

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 US 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

SKELOS, J.P., LEVENTHAL, COHEN and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court