Opinion
2012-04-17
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Derek SLOANE, appellant.
Derek Sloane, Auburn, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie Sapakoff and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
Derek Sloane, Auburn, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie Sapakoff and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
John P. Savoca, Yorktown Heights, 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 February 24, 2009 ( People v. Sloane, 59 A.D.3d 745, 875 N.Y.S.2d 107), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered February 14, 2007.
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).