Opinion
10-14-2015
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Benjamin E. THOMPSON, appellant.
Benjamin E. Thompson, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Edward A. Bannan of counsel), for respondent.
Benjamin E. Thompson, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Edward A. Bannan of counsel), for respondent.
Opinion
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 October 23, 2013 (People v. Thompson, 110 A.D.3d 1014, 973 N.Y.S.2d 575 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, rendered October 1, 2010.
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 ).
MASTRO, J.P., LEVENTHAL, CHAMBERS and MALTESE, JJ., concur.