Opinion
2013–07519 Ind. No. 12–00433
10-03-2018
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Michael SAUNDERS, appellant.
Michael Saunders, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se. Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (John Carmody and William C. Milaccio of counsel), for respondent.
Michael Saunders, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.
Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (John Carmody and William C. Milaccio of counsel), for respondent.
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P., JEFFREY A. COHEN, ROBERT J. MILLER, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, 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 May 17, 2017 ( People v. Saunders , 150 A.D.3d 1031, 52 N.Y.S.3d 229 ), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered July 9, 2013.
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 ).
BALKIN, J.P., COHEN, MILLER and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.