People v. Wellington

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Eric Wellington…

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

Date published: Jul 29, 2015

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 6377 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

2009-00585

07-29-2015

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Eric Wellington, appellant.

Eric Wellington, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Barry Stendig of counsel), former appellate counsel.

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN

LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ. (Ind. No. 11291/06)

Eric Wellington, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky 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 10, 2011 (People v Wellington, 84 AD3d 984), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered January 9, 2009.

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).

ENG, P.J., DILLON, BALKIN and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court