Opinion
2014-12-10
The PEOPLE, etc., 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.
Robert Mason, Wallkill, N.Y., appellant pro se. Daniel M. Donovan, District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Anne Grady 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 July 31, 1989 (People v. Mason, 152 A.D.2d 750, 544 N.Y.S.2d 495), 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 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). SKELOS, J.P., AUSTIN, COHEN and MALTESE, JJ., concur.