People v Smith
2007 NYSlipOp 01156
February 6, 2007
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, April 11, 2007


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
John Smith, Appellant.

[*1]John Smith, Malone, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Ellen C. Abbot 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 23, 1992 (People v Smith,176 AD2d 834 [1991]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered October 12, 1988.

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 [1983]; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). Prudenti, P.J., Miller, Schmidt and Ritter, JJ., concur.


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