Opinion
2011-10-11
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent,v.Dwayne RIGGINS, appellant.
Dwayne Riggins, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Lois Cullen Valerio of counsel), for respondent.
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 29, 2010 ( People v. Riggins, 74 A.D.3d 1368, 903 N.Y.S.2d 259), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered August 21, 2008.
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., ANGIOLILLO, HALL and LOTT, JJ., concur.