Opinion
05-24-2017
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Steven B. THOMAS, appellant.
Steven B. Thomas, Ossining, NY, appellant pro se. Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Tammy J. Smiley and Cristin N. Connell of counsel), for respondent. Bruce R. Bekritsky, Mineola, NY, former appellate counsel.
Steven B. Thomas, Ossining, NY, appellant pro se.
Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Tammy J. Smiley and Cristin N. Connell of counsel), for respondent.
Bruce R. Bekritsky, Mineola, NY, former appellate counsel.
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 June 24, 2015 (People v. Thomas, 129 A.D.3d 1110, 10 N.Y.S.3d 461 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered July 12, 2013.
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 ).
MASTRO, J.P., CHAMBERS, MALTESE and DUFFY, JJ., concur.