Opinion
2012-10-17
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Christopher SIMPKINS, appellant.
Christopher Simpkins, Comstock, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Rhea A. Grob of counsel), for respondent.
Christopher Simpkins, Comstock, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Rhea A. Grob of counsel), for respondent.
*908Application 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 15, 2011 ( People v. Simpkins, 81 A.D.3d 860, 916 N.Y.S.2d 834), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered January 8, 2009.
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).