Opinion
2013-11-6
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Kevin WATTS, appellant.
Kevin Watts, Malone, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Jodi L. Mandel, and Gamaliel Marrero of counsel), for respondent.
Kevin Watts, Malone, N.Y., appellant pro se. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Jodi L. Mandel, and Gamaliel Marrero of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Winston McIntosh 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 November 15, 2011 ( People v. Watts, 89 A.D.3d 965, 932 N.Y.S.2d 728), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered January 5, 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).