People v. Mason

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Robert Mason…

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

Date published: Dec 10, 2014

2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 8663 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)

Opinion

1995-08511

12-10-2014

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Robert Mason, appellant.

Robert Mason, Wallkill, N.Y., appellant pro se. Daniel M. Donovan, District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Anne Grady of counsel), for respondent.

PETER B. SKELOS, J.P.

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

JEFFREY A. COHEN

JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ. (Ind. No. 38/86)

Robert Mason, Wallkill, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Daniel M. Donovan, District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Anne Grady of counsel), for respondent.

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 July 31, 1989 (People v Mason, 152 AD2d 750), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County, rendered September 17, 1986.

ORDERED that the application is denied.

The defendant 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).

SKELOS, J.P., AUSTIN, COHEN and MALTESE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court