Opinion
2014-02-26
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Christopher WILLARD, appellant.
Christopher Willard, Coxsackie, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert A. Schwartz and Laurie K. Gibbons of counsel), for respondent.
Christopher Willard, Coxsackie, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert A. Schwartz and Laurie K. Gibbons 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 March 27, 2007 ( People v. Willard, 38 A.D.3d 924, 832 N.Y.S.2d 294), affirming an amended judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered February 28, 2005, and a judgment of the same court rendered April 8, 2005.
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., RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ., concur.