Opinion
2014-12-10
The PEOPLE, etc., 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.
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.
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 A.D.3d 819, 899 N.Y.S.2d 663), 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 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). SKELOS, J.P., LEVENTHAL, ROMAN and MALTESE, JJ., concur.