Opinion
2015–07705 Ind.No. 109621/13
07-22-2020
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 and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Denise A. Corsi´ of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Johnny Velez–Garriga, Dannemora, NY, appellant pro se.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Denise A. Corsi´ of counsel), former appellate counsel.
MARK C. DILLON, J.P., CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, SYLVIA O. HINDS–RADIX, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, 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 21, 2018 ( People v. Velez–Garriga, 159 A.D.3d 928, 70 N.Y.S.3d 77 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered July 29, 2015. 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.