Opinion
2016–07150 Ind.No. 71/15
09-30-2020
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Otis UTLEY, Appellant.
Otis Utley, Romulus, NY, appellant pro se. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Johnnette Traill, Roni C. Piplani, and Antara D. Kanth of counsel), for respondent.
Otis Utley, Romulus, NY, appellant pro se.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Johnnette Traill, Roni C. Piplani, and Antara D. Kanth of counsel), for respondent.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., LEONARD B. AUSTIN, ROBERT J. MILLER, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, 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 March 6, 2019 ( People v. Utley, 170 A.D.3d 757, 93 N.Y.S.3d 585 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered June 28, 2016.
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, J.P., AUSTIN, MILLER and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.