Opinion
2015–07705 Ind.No. 10962/13
07-24-2019
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Johnny VELEZ–GARRIGA, Appellant.
Johnny Velez–Garriga, Dannemora, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Solomon Neubort, and Daniel Berman of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Denise A. Corsi´ of counsel), former appellant counsel.
Johnny Velez–Garriga, Dannemora, NY, appellant pro se.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Solomon Neubort, and Daniel Berman of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Denise A. Corsi´ of counsel), former appellant counsel.
MARK C. DILLON, J.P., CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, SYLVIA O. HINDS–RADIX, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
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 ).
DILLON, J.P., CHAMBERS, HINDS–RADIX and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.