Opinion
2013–08768 Ind. No. 1262/10
09-26-2018
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Gregory JOHNSON, appellant.
Gregory Johnson, Malone, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (David P. Greenberg of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Gregory Johnson, Malone, NY, appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (David P. Greenberg of counsel), former appellate counsel.
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.
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 March 14, 2018 ( People v. Johnson, 159 A.D.3d 833, 72 N.Y.S.3d 536 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered August 1, 2013.
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 (1983) ; People v. Stultz, 2 N.Y.3d 277, 778 N.Y.S.2d 431, 810 N.E.2d 883 ).
BALKIN, J.P., LEVENTHAL, CHAMBERS and MILLER, JJ., concur.