People v Thomas, 2017 NY Slip Op 04150 [150 AD3d 1156]

May 24, 2017

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, 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.

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 AD3d 1110 [2015]), 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 US 745 [1983]; People v Stultz , 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). Mastro, J.P., Chambers, Maltese and Duffy, JJ., concur..