Opinion
2014-12-17
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Matthew COLLETTA, appellant.
Matthew Colletta, Attica, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Laura T. Ross of counsel), for respondent.
Matthew Colletta, Attica, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Laura T. Ross of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (William A. Loeb 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 15, 2013 (People v. Colletta, 106 A.D.3d 927, 964 N.Y.S.2d 659), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 16, 2010.
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). ENG, P.J., RIVERA, DILLON and BALKIN, JJ., concur.