People v Barnes, 2017 NY Slip Op 05234 [151 AD3d 1073]

June 28, 2017

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

William Barnes, Appellant.

William Barnes, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se.

Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Daniel Bresnahan and Cristin N. Connell 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 November 20, 1979 ( People v Barnes , 84 AD2d 752 [1981]), affirming two judgments of the County Court, Nassau County, both rendered November 20, 1981.

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 [1983]; People v Stultz , 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). Eng, P.J., Leventhal, Sgroi and Maltese, JJ., concur..