Opinion
2014-03-12
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Steven TORRES, appellant.
Steven Torres, Cape Vincent, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Barbara Kornblau of counsel), for respondent.
Steven Torres, Cape Vincent, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Barbara Kornblau 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 November 4, 2009 ( People v. Torres, 67 A.D.3d 714, 886 N.Y.S.2d 892), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered March 19, 2008.
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). RIVERA, J.P., BALKIN, LEVENTHAL and HALL, JJ., concur.