Opinion
1997–09761 Ind. No. 1382/96
11-01-2023
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Jua SMITH, appellant.
Jua Smith, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se. Raymond A. Tierney, District Attorney, Riverhead, NY (Kim Marie Carson of counsel), for respondent.
Jua Smith, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se.
Raymond A. Tierney, District Attorney, Riverhead, NY (Kim Marie Carson of counsel), for respondent.
JOSEPH J. MALTESE, J.P., LINDA CHRISTOPHER, WILLIAM G. FORD, LAURENCE L. LOVE, 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 May 3, 1999 ( People v. Smith, 261 A.D.2d 423, 689 N.Y.S.2d 230 ), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered September 10, 1997.
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 ).
MALTESE, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, FORD and LOVE, JJ., concur.