Opinion
2014–04350 Ind. No. 544/13
08-29-2018
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Albert NEWTON, appellant.
Albert Newton, Fallsburg, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Jonathan K. Yi of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Jenin Younes of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Albert Newton, Fallsburg, NY, appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Jonathan K. Yi of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Jenin Younes of counsel), former appellate counsel.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P., JEFFREY A. COHEN, SYLVIA O. HINDS–RADIX, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, 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 April 12, 2017 ( People v. Newton, 149 A.D.3d 874, 51 N.Y.S.3d 198 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 16, 2014.
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 ).
LEVENTHAL, J.P., COHEN, HINDS–RADIX and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.