People v Gonzalez

People v Gonzalez 2011 NY Slip Op 08606 Decided on November 22, 2011 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on November 22, 2011
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKAPPELLATE DIVISION : SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.
REINALDO E. RIVERA
PETER B. SKELOS
MARK C. DILLON, JJ.
1997-06203
(Ind. No. 96-00328)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,

v

Christian Gonzalez, appellant.




Jonathan I. Edelstein, New York, N.Y. (Robert M. Grossman of
counsel), for appellant.
Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie
Sapakoff and Richard Longworth
Hecht 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 March 15, 1999 (People v Gonzalez, 259 AD2d 631), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, rendered May 27, 1997.

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).
MASTRO, J.P., RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court