Opinion
2016–12912 Ind.No. 2158/15
07-15-2020
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Steven H. PLACEK, Appellant.
Steven H. Placek, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, and Russell Shapiro of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Cynthia Colt of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Steven H. Placek, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, and Russell Shapiro of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Cynthia Colt of counsel), former appellate counsel.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., SHERI S. ROMAN, SYLVIA O. HINDS–RADIX, HECTOR D. LASALLE, 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 June 5, 2019 ( People v. Placek, 173 A.D.3d 774, 99 N.Y.S.3d 683 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 1, 2016.
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., ROMAN, HINDS–RADIX and LASALLE, JJ., concur.