The People, etc., respondent, v. Jua Smith, appellant. (2023)

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

The People, etc., respondent, v. Jua Smith, appellant.

1997–09761 (Ind.No. 1382 /96), (Ind.No. 1382 /96)

Decided: November 01, 2023

Jua Smith, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se. Raymond A. Tierney, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Kim Marie Carson of counsel), for respondent.

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 May 3, 1999 (People v. Smith, 261 A.D.2d 423), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered September 10, 1997.

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; People v. Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

MALTESE, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, FORD and LOVE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Acting Clerk of the Court

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