Opinion
2012–07188 Ind. No. 4609/09
10-24-2018
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Ruben MORGAN, appellant.
Ruben Morgan, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Jodi L. Mandel of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Jenin Younes of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Ruben Morgan, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Jodi L. Mandel of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Jenin Younes of counsel), former appellate counsel.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., RUTH C. BALKIN, SANDRA L. SGROI, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, 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 February 11, 2015 ( People v. Morgan, 125 A.D.3d 791, 2 N.Y.S.3d 619 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered June 22, 2012.
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., BALKIN, SGROI and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.