People v. Smith

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. John Smith, appellant.

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

Date published: Nov 8, 2017

2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 7755 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)

Opinion

2017-04314

11-08-2017

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. John Smith, appellant.

John Smith, Alden, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent.

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL JOSEPH J. MALTESE COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ. (Ind. No. 1845/84)

John Smith, Alden, NY, appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent.

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 November 14, 1988 (People v Smith, 144 AD2d 505), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered September 11, 1985.

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).

RIVERA, J.P., LEVENTHAL, MALTESE and DUFFY, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court