Opinion
2015–01221 Ind. No. 1008/14
07-24-2019
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Cedric N. SIMPSON, Appellant.
Cedric Simpson, named herein as Cedric N. Simpson, Dannemora, NY, appellant pro se. John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Jonathan K. Yi of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Benjamin S. Litman of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Cedric Simpson, named herein as Cedric N. Simpson, Dannemora, NY, appellant pro se.
John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Jonathan K. Yi of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Benjamin S. Litman of counsel), former appellate counsel.
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, SYLVIA O. HINDS–RADIX, BETSY BARROS, 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 June 7, 2017 ( People v. Simpson , 151 A.D.3d 762, 56 N.Y.S.3d 253 ), determining an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered February 3, 2015.
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., LEVENTHAL, HINDS–RADIX and BARROS, JJ., concur.