Opinion
2014-03-26
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Ricardo WALTERS, appellant.
Brownstone, P.A., Uniondale, N.Y. (Patrick Michael Megaro of counsel), for appellant. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert A. Schwartz and Sarah S. Rabinowitz of counsel), for respondent.
Brownstone, P.A., Uniondale, N.Y. (Patrick Michael Megaro of counsel), for appellant. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert A. Schwartz and Sarah S. Rabinowitz 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 December 20, 2011 ( People v. Walters, 90 A.D.3d 958, 934 N.Y.S.2d 722), as amended March 2, 2012 ( People v. Walters, 2012 WL 677457, 2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 66225[U] ), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered January 13, 2009.
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). DILLON, J.P., DICKERSON, LEVENTHAL and HALL, JJ., concur.