Opinion
2012-08249
09-27-2017
The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Lester Welcome, appellant.
Lester Welcome, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Keith Dolan of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Leila Hull of counsel), former appellate counsel.
SHERI S. ROMAN SANDRA L. SGROI COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ. (Ind. No. 1382/11)
Lester Welcome, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se.
Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Keith Dolan of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Leila Hull 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 20, 2015 (People v Welcome, 128 AD3d 990), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered August 7, 2012.
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).
RIVERA, J.P., ROMAN, SGROI and DUFFY, JJ., concur. ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court