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People v. Shears

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Oct 28, 2020
187 A.D.3d 1220 (N.Y. App. Div. 2020)

Opinion

2005-06539 Ind. No. 2702N/03

10-28-2020

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Eddie SHEARS, appellant.

Eddie Shears, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se. Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Judith R. Sternberg and Autumn S. Hughes of counsel), for respondent.


Eddie Shears, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.

Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Judith R. Sternberg and Autumn S. Hughes of counsel), for respondent.

RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P., SHERRI S. ROMAN, BETSY BARROS, LINDA C. CHRISTOPHER, 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 May 1, 2007 ( People v. Shears, 40 A.D.3d 661, 833 N.Y.S.2d 410 ), determining an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered June 30, 2005.

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 ).

BALKIN, J.P., ROMAN, BARROS and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Shears

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Oct 28, 2020
187 A.D.3d 1220 (N.Y. App. Div. 2020)
Case details for

People v. Shears

Case Details

Full title:The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Eddie Shears…

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

Date published: Oct 28, 2020

Citations

187 A.D.3d 1220 (N.Y. App. Div. 2020)
2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 6153
131 N.Y.S.3d 278