People v Otigho

People v Otigho 2014 NY Slip Op 02459 Decided on April 9, 2014 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 April 9, 2014
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKAPPELLATE DIVISION : SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS
PLUMMER E. LOTT
ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.
2011-02631
(Ind. No. 10164/09) (Ind. No. 3514/09)

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

v

Christopher Otigho, appellant. (Matter No. 1) 2013-02050 The People, etc., plaintiff, Christopher Otigho, defendant. (Matter No. 2)




Christopher Otigho, Pine City, N.Y., appellant pro se in Matter No.
1 and defendant pro se in Matter No. 2.
Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y.
(Leonard Joblove and Rhea A. Grob of
counsel), for respondent in Matter No. 1 and
plaintiff in Matter No. 2.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Dina Zloczower of
counsel), former appellate counsel in Matter
No. 1.


DECISION & ORDER

Application by Christopher Otigho for a writ of error coram nobis on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in connection with two judgments of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 2, 2011, and April 18, 2011, respectively.

ORDERED that the application is denied without prejudice to seeking any appropriate relief pursuant to People v Syville (15 NY3d 391).

Christopher Otigho 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., CHAMBERS, LOTT and MILLER, JJ., concur.

ENTER: [*2]

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court