People v. Mercado

Full title: The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Jorge MERCADO, appellant.

Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Date published: Oct 16, 2013

110 A.D.3d 926 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)

2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 6714

972 N.Y.S.2d 910

Opinion

2013-10-16

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Jorge MERCADO, appellant.

Jorge Mercado, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Ellen C. Abbot of counsel), for respondent.

Jorge Mercado, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Ellen C. Abbot of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Leila Hull of counsel), 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 January 16, 2013 ( People v. Mercado, 102 A.D.3d 813, 957 N.Y.S.2d 877), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 15, 2011.

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;*911People v. Stultz, 2 N.Y.3d 277, 778 N.Y.S.2d 431, 810 N.E.2d 883).

RIVERA, J.P., CHAMBERS, ROMAN and COHEN, JJ., concur.