People v. Scott

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Kwame Scott, appellant.

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

Date published: Nov 9, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 7346 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

2007-10740

11-09-2016

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Kwame Scott, appellant.

Kwame Scott, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Ruth E. Ross of counsel), for respondent. Deron Castro, Forest Hills, NY, former appellate counsel. Patrick Michael Megaro, Uniondale, NY, former appellate counsel.

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

LEONARD B. AUSTIN SHERI S. ROMAN JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ. (Ind. No. 5034/05)

Kwame Scott, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Ruth E. Ross of counsel), for respondent.

Deron Castro, Forest Hills, NY, former appellate counsel.

Patrick Michael Megaro, Uniondale, NY, former appellate counsel.

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 16, 2010 (People v Scott, 70 AD3d 977), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered October 30, 2007.

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).

ENG, P.J., AUSTIN, ROMAN and COHEN, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court