People v. Megnath

212 A.D.3d 653

179 N.Y.S.3d 627 (Mem)

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent,

v.Hemant MEGNATH, appellant.

2010–04792

Ind. No. 917/07

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

January 11, 2023

Hemant Megnath, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.

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

Mischel & Horn, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Richard E. Mischel of counsel), former appellate counsel.

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J., FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, REINALDO E. RIVERA, 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 August 22, 2018 ( People v. Megnath, 164 A.D.3d 834, 79 N.Y.S.3d 557 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered May 11, 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 ).

LASALLE, P.J., CONNOLLY, BRATHWAITE NELSON and RIVERA, JJ., concur.