Opinion
2015-05-06
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Juan NADAL, appellant.
Juan Nadal, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie Sapakoff and Steven A. Bender of counsel), for respondent.
Juan Nadal, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie Sapakoff and Steven A. Bender of counsel), for respondent.
David G. Farman, Bronx, N.Y., 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 June 16, 1997 (People v. Nadal, 240 A.D.2d 595, 659 N.Y.S.2d 54), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered March 28, 1995.
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).