People v Richards, 2020 NY Slip Op 04871 [186 AD3d 1264]

September 2, 2020

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Michael Richards, Appellant.

Michael Richards, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se.

Timothy D. Sini, District Attorney, Riverhead, NY (Grazia DiVincenzo of counsel), for respondent.

Laurette D. Mulry, Riverhead, NY (Felice B. Milani of counsel), 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 November 9, 2016 ( People v Richards , 144 AD3d 844 [2016]), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered April 18, 2014.

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., Hinds-Radix, Maltese and Barros, JJ., concur..