Opinion
2012-01-24
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Steven FINLEY, appellant.
Steven Finley, Auburn, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (William C. Milaccio and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
Steven Finley, Auburn, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (William C. Milaccio and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
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 February 9, 2010 ( People v. Finley, 70 A.D.3d 850, 894 N.Y.S.2d 517), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered June 7, 2005.
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).