Opinion
2016-09853
07-05-2017
The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Justo Richards, appellant.
Justo Richards, Attica, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL LEONARD B. AUSTIN LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ. (Ind. No. 839/79)
Justo Richards, Attica, NY, appellant pro se.
Eric Gonzalez, Acting 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 March 3, 1986 (People v Richards, 118 AD2d 604), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered November 20, 1981.
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).
RIVERA, J.P., LEVENTHAL, AUSTIN and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur. ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court