Opinion
2015-05-13
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Darrell CROUCH, also known as Willie Kearse, appellant.
Darrell Crouch, also known as Willie Kearse, Napanoch, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Marie–John Drigo of counsel), for respondent.
Darrell Crouch, also known as Willie Kearse, Napanoch, N.Y., appellant pro se. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Marie–John Drigo 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 May 27, 1997 (People v. Crouch, 239 A.D.2d 597, 658 N.Y.S.2d 979), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 23, 1995.
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, 103 S.Ct. 3308, 77 L.Ed.2d 987; People v. Stultz, 2 N.Y.3d 277, 778 N.Y.S.2d 431, 810 N.E.2d 883).