Opinion
2014-04-16
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. James PETTUS, appellant.
James Pettus, Bronx, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Thomas M. Ross of counsel), for respondent.
James Pettus, Bronx, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Thomas M. Ross of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Warren S. Landau 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 October 31, 2005 ( People v. Pettus, 22 A.D.3d 869, 803 N.Y.S.2d 186), determining an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered June 18, 2003.
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). BALKIN, J.P., DICKERSON, LEVENTHAL and ROMAN, JJ., concur.