Opinion
2014-04-9
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Christopher OTIGHO, appellant. (Matter No. 1) The People, etc., plaintiff, v. Christopher Otigho, defendant. (Matter No. 2).
Christopher Otigho, Pine City, N.Y., appellant pro se in Matter No. 1 and defendant pro se in Matter No. 2. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Rhea A. Grob of counsel), for respondent in Matter No. 1 and plaintiff in Matter No. 2.
Christopher Otigho, Pine City, N.Y., appellant pro se in Matter No. 1 and defendant pro se in Matter No. 2. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Rhea A. Grob of counsel), for respondent in Matter No. 1 and plaintiff in Matter No. 2.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Dina Zloczower of counsel), former appellate counsel in Matter No. 1.
Application by Christopher Otigho for a writ of error coram nobis on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in connection with two judgments of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 2, 2011, and April 18, 2011, respectively.
ORDERED that the application is denied without prejudice to seeking any appropriate relief pursuant to People v. Syville, 15 N.Y.3d 391, 912 N.Y.S.2d 477, 938 N.E.2d 910.
Christopher Otigho 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). MASTRO, J.P., CHAMBERS, LOTT and MILLER, JJ., concur.