People v. Costa

2026 NY Slip Op 00147
CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
DecidedJanuary 14, 2026
DocketInd. No. 1934/18
StatusPublished

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People v. Costa, 2026 NY Slip Op 00147 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2026).

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People v Costa (2026 NY Slip Op 00147)
People v Costa
2026 NY Slip Op 00147
Decided on January 14, 2026
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on January 14, 2026 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
ANGELA G. IANNACCI, J.P.
WILLIAM G. FORD
HELEN VOUTSINAS
LOURDES M. VENTURA, JJ.

2022-01272
(Ind. No. 1934/18)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,

v

Duane T. Costa, appellant.


Duane T. Costa, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.

Anne T. Donnelly, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Jason R. Richards and Kevin C. King 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 December 13, 2023 (People v Costa, 222 AD3d 775), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered January 27, 2022.

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; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

IANNACCI, J.P., FORD, VOUTSINAS and VENTURA, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court



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Related

Jones v. Barnes
463 U.S. 745 (Supreme Court, 1983)
People v. Stultz
810 N.E.2d 883 (New York Court of Appeals, 2004)

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