People v. Nunez

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Raul Nunez, appellant.

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

Date published: May 18, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 3899 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

2011-03830

05-18-2016

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Raul Nunez, appellant.

Raul Nunez, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano and Ellen C. Abbot of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Denise A. Corsí of counsel), former appellate counsel.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

SANDRA L. SGROI HECTOR D. LASALLE FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ. (Ind. No. 1987/09)

Raul Nunez, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano and Ellen C. Abbot of counsel), for respondent.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Denise A. Corsí of counsel), former appellate counsel.

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 August 20, 2014 (People v Nunez, 120 AD3d 714), modifying a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 7, 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 US 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

MASTRO, J.P., SGROI, LASALLE and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court