People v. Ward

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Carlos Ward, appellant.

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

Date published: Oct 29, 2014

2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 7373 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)

Opinion

2008-08646

10-29-2014

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Carlos Ward, appellant.

Carlos Ward, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Amy Appelbaum of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (David P. Greenberg of counsel), former appellate counsel.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

SANDRA L. SGROI

JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ. (Ind. No. 10140/06)

Carlos Ward, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Amy Appelbaum of counsel), for respondent.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (David P. Greenberg 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 8, 2013 (People v Ward, 106 AD3d 842), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered July 29, 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).

MASTRO, J.P., LEVENTHAL, SGROI and COHEN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court