People v Johnson, 2017 NY Slip Op 02817 [149 AD3d 871]

April 12, 2017

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Ronald Johnson, Appellant.

Ronald Johnson, Napanoch, NY, appellant pro se.

Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., District Attorney, White Plains, NY (Hae Jin Liu, Laurie G. Sapakoff, and Steven A. Bender 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 July 1, 2002 ( People v Johnson , 296 AD2d 422 [2002]), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered May 21, 1997.

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]). Dillon, J.P., Roman, Hinds-Radix and Barros, JJ., concur..