Opinion
2014-04-2
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Lafayette MEANS, appellant.
Lafayette Means, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se. Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Morrie I. Kleinbart of counsel), for respondent.
Lafayette Means, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se. Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Morrie I. Kleinbart of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, 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 June 1, 1999 ( People v. Means, 262 A.D.2d 334, 691 N.Y.S.2d 539), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County, rendered October 21, 1997.
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). RIVERA, J.P., LEVENTHAL, HINDS–RADIX and MALTESE, JJ., concur.