Opinion
2014-06-18
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. James SHEFFIELD, appellant.
James Sheffield, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Thomas P. Zugibe, District Attorney, New City, N.Y. (Itamar J. Yeger of counsel), for respondent.
James Sheffield, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se. Thomas P. Zugibe, District Attorney, New City, N.Y. (Itamar J. Yeger 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 March 31, 1986 ( People v. Sheffield, 118 A.D.2d 882, 500 N.Y.S.2d 546), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Rockland County, rendered March 24, 1983.
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). RIVERA, J.P., BALKIN, HALL and MILLER, JJ., concur.