Opinion
2012-03-13
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Jose MEDINA, appellant.
Jose Medina, Fallsburg, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie G. Sapakoff and Steven A. Bender of counsel), for respondent.
Jose Medina, Fallsburg, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie G. Sapakoff and Steven A. Bender 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 *872 dated May 27, 1986 ( People v. Medina, 120 A.D.2d 749, 502 N.Y.S.2d 792), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, rendered February 27, 1981.
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).