Opinion
2014-04-2
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Ricardo NUNEZ, appellant.
Ricardo Nunez, Coxsackie, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent.
Ricardo Nunez, Coxsackie, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent.
Schwed & Zucker, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Michael Schwed 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 March 22, 2011 ( People v. Nunez, 82 A.D.3d 1128, 920 N.Y.S.2d 146), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered January 7, 2010.
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). ENG, P.J., BALKIN, DICKERSON and SGROI, JJ., concur.