Opinion
1996-07904
06-15-2016
The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Justo Richards, appellant.
Justo Richards, Attica, NY, appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent.
ROBERT J. MILLER COLLEEN D. DUFFY FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ. (Ind. No. 5576/81)
Justo Richards, Attica, NY, appellant pro se.
Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent.
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 5, 1985 (People v Richards, 112 AD2d 957), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered January 4, 1983.
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).
LEVENTHAL, J.P., MILLER, DUFFY and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur. ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court