Opinion
09-27-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Lester WELCOME, appellant.
Lester Welcome, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Keith Dolan of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY (Leila Hull of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Lester Welcome, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se.
Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Keith Dolan of counsel), for respondent.Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY (Leila Hull 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 20, 2015 ( People v. Welcome, 128 A.D.3d 990, 8 N.Y.S.3d 582 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered August 7, 2012.
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 ).
RIVERA, J.P., ROMAN, SGROI and DUFFY, JJ., concur.