People v. Gillespie

186 A.D.3d 853

127 N.Y.S.3d 351 (Mem)

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent,

v.James GILLESPIE, Appellant.

2010-10030

Ind. No. 2468/09

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

August 26, 2020

James Gillespie, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, and Mariana Zelig of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (De Nice Powell of counsel), former appellate counsel.

MARK C. DILLON, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JEFFREY A. COHEN, ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

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 18, 2012 ( People v. Gillespie , 97 A.D.3d 763, 947 N.Y.S.2d 914 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered September 23, 2010.

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 U.S. 745, 103 S.Ct. 3308, 77 L.Ed.2d 987 ; People v. Stultz , 2 N.Y.3d 277, 778 N.Y.S.2d 431, 810 N.E.2d 883 ).

DILLON, J.P., LEVENTHAL, COHEN and MILLER, JJ., concur.