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People v. Pruitt

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Mar 20, 2019
170 A.D.3d 1044 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)

Opinion

1991-02504 Ind. No. 3169/89

03-20-2019

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Frank PRUITT, Appellant.

Frank Pruitt, Attica, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Jonathan K. Yi of counsel), for respondent.


Frank Pruitt, Attica, NY, appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Jonathan K. Yi of counsel), for respondent.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P. REINALDO E. RIVERA JOHN M. LEVENTHAL COLLEEN D. DUFFY, 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 February 1, 1993 ( People v. Pruitt, 190 A.D.2d 692, 593 N.Y.S.2d 274 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered February 21, 1991.

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 ).

MASTRO, J.P., RIVERA, LEVENTHAL and DUFFY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Pruitt

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Mar 20, 2019
170 A.D.3d 1044 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)
Case details for

People v. Pruitt

Case Details

Full title:The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Frank Pruitt…

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

Date published: Mar 20, 2019

Citations

170 A.D.3d 1044 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)
2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 2121
94 N.Y.S.3d 457