People v. Boakye

People v Boakye (2021 NY Slip Op 03848)

People v Boakye

2021 NY Slip Op 03848

Decided on June 16, 2021

Appellate Division, Second Department

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Decided on June 16, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY
ANGELA G. IANNACCI
LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.

2012-04113
(Ind. No. 4863/10)

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

v

Elijah Boakye, appellant.

Elijah Boakye, Beacon, NY, appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Diane R. Eisner of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Lynn W. L. Fahey of counsel), former appellate counsel.

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 September 25, 2013 (People v Boakye, 109 AD3d 998), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 20, 2012.

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., CONNOLLY, IANNACCI and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court