Opinion
2014–11907 Ind. No. 868/11
05-19-2021
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Lamont SMITH, appellant.
Lamont Smith, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Johnnette Traill and Danielle S. Fenn of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Lamont Smith, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Johnnette Traill and Danielle S. Fenn of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Joshua M. Levine of counsel), former appellate counsel.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, A.P.J., REINALDO E. RIVERA, ROBERT J. MILLER, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, 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 July 10, 2019 ( People v. Smith, 174 A.D.3d 655, 104 N.Y.S.3d 692 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 18, 2014.
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 ).
MASTRO, A.P.J., RIVERA, MILLER and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.