Opinion
1999-09334
06-03-2015
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Michael LEWIS, appellant.
Michael Lewis, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Middletown, N.Y. (Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for respondent.
Michael Lewis, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Middletown, N.Y. (Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for respondent.
Opinion 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 June 25, 2001 (People v. Lewis, 284 A.D.2d 553, 727 N.Y.S.2d 625 ), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered October 1, 1999.
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 ).
HALL, J.P., SGROI, MILLER and HINDS–RADIX, JJ., concur.