People v. Velsor

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Joseph Velsor…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Dec 10, 2014

2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 8669 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)

Opinion

2008-06483

12-10-2014

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Joseph Velsor, appellant.

Joseph Velsor, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Jeanette Lifschitz, and Rona I. Kugler of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Barry Stendig of counsel), former appellate counsel.

PETER B. SKELOS, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

SHERI S. ROMAN

JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ. (Ind. No. 1174/07)

Joseph Velsor, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Jeanette Lifschitz, and Rona I. Kugler of counsel), for respondent.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Barry Stendig of counsel), former appellate counsel.

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 May 4, 2010 (People v Velsor, 73 AD3d 819), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered June 30, 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 US 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

SKELOS, J.P., LEVENTHAL, ROMAN and MALTESE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court