People v. Woods

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Roger Woods, appellant.

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Mar 21, 2018

2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 1947 (N.Y. App. Div. 2018)

Opinion

2005-10339

03-21-2018

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Roger Woods, appellant.

Roger Woods, Attica, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent.

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

SANDRA L. SGROI VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ. (Ind. No. 5906/04)

Roger Woods, Attica, NY, appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Sholom J. Twersky of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

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 February 3, 2009 (People v Woods, 59 AD3d 468), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered October 18, 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 US 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

DILLON, J.P., SGROI, BRATHWAITE NELSON and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court