People v Velez-Garriga, 2020 NY Slip Op 04192 [185 AD3d 971]

July 22, 2020

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Johnny Velez-Garriga, Appellant.

Johnny Velez-Garriga, Dannemora, NY, appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Denise A. Corsí 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 March 21, 2018 ( People v Velez-Garriga , 159 AD3d 928 [2018]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered July 29, 2015.

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., Chambers, Hinds-Radix and Christopher, JJ., concur..