People v. Jones

People v Jones (2019 NY Slip Op 07092)

People v Jones

2019 NY Slip Op 07092

Decided on October 2, 2019

Appellate Division, Second Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

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Decided on October 2, 2019 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.
MARK C. DILLON
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.

2007-06846
(Ind. No. 2188/06)

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

v

Leon Jones, appellant.

Leon Jones, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.

Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Daniel Bresnahan and Laurie K. Gibbons of counsel), for respondent.

Joseph F. DeFelice, Kew Gardens, NY, 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 April 28, 2009 (People v Jones, 61 AD3d 995), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered July 16, 2007.

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 U.S. 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

MASTRO, J.P., DILLON, LEVENTHAL and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court