Opinion
2013-12-11
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Darrell WALKER, appellant.
Darrell Walker, Elmira, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Maria I. Wager, Steven A. Bender, and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
Darrell Walker, Elmira, N.Y., appellant pro se. Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Maria I. Wager, Steven A. Bender, and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
John F. Ryan, White Plains, N.Y. (Clare J. Degnan of counsel), 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 May 23, 2012 (People v. Walker, 95 A.D.3d 1240, 943 N.Y.S.2d 911), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered April 27, 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., CHAMBERS, ROMAN and SGROI, JJ., concur.