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People v. Mercado

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Jul 22, 2020
185 A.D.3d 965 (N.Y. App. Div. 2020)

Opinion

2002–11070 Ind.No. 01–01584

07-22-2020

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Oscar MERCADO, Appellant.

Oscar Mercado, Napanoch, NY, appellant pro se. Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Jill Oziemblewski and William C. Milaccio of counsel), for respondent.


Oscar Mercado, Napanoch, NY, appellant pro se.

Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Jill Oziemblewski and William C. Milaccio of counsel), for respondent.

MARK C. DILLON, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JOSEPH J. MALTESE, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.

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 19, 2004 ( People v. Mercado, 6 A.D.3d 630, 774 N.Y.S.2d 801 ), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered October 29, 2002, as amended January 22, 2003.

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 ).

DILLON, J.P., LEVENTHAL, MALTESE and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Mercado

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Jul 22, 2020
185 A.D.3d 965 (N.Y. App. Div. 2020)
Case details for

People v. Mercado

Case Details

Full title:The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Oscar Mercado…

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

Date published: Jul 22, 2020

Citations

185 A.D.3d 965 (N.Y. App. Div. 2020)
185 A.D.3d 965
2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 4185

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