Opinion
2013-05-29
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Derrick STRANTON, appellant.
Derrick Stranton, Romulus, N.Y., appellant pro se. Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Anne Grady of counsel), for respondent.
Derrick Stranton, Romulus, N.Y., appellant pro se. Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Anne Grady of counsel), for respondent.
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 January 11, 1999 ( People v. Stranton, 257 A.D.2d 583, 685 N.Y.S.2d 250), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County, rendered March 18, 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).