The People, etc., respondent, v. William McKethan, appellant. (2012)

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

The People, etc., respondent, v. William McKethan, appellant.

1993–04173 (Ind.No. 7476/91)

Decided: June 20, 2012

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, A.P.J. REINALDO E. RIVERA PETER B. SKELOS MARK C. DILLON, JJ. William McKethan, Moravia, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and William H. Branigan 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 March 25, 1996 (People v. McKethan, 225 A.D.2d 800), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered June 15, 1993.

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).

MASTRO, A.P.J., RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court