Opinion
2015-07-22
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Kendall LAWSON, appellant.
Kendall Lawson, Elmira, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie G. Sapakoff of counsel), for respondent.
Kendall Lawson, Elmira, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie G. Sapakoff of counsel), for respondent.
Dennis M. Walsh, New York, N.Y., 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 May 1, 2007 (People v. Lawson, 40 A.D.3d 657, 835 N.Y.S.2d 415), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered December 8, 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 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).