People v. Devaughn
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Opinion
| People v Devaughn |
| 2026 NY Slip Op 00258 |
| Decided on January 21, 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 21, 2026 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P.
PAUL WOOTEN
CARL J. LANDICINO
SUSAN QUIRK, JJ.
2004-08314
(Ind. No. 749/02)
v
Alex Devaughn, appellant.
Alex Devaughn, Dannemora, NY, appellant pro se.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and William H. Branigan of counsel; Jonathan E. Maseng on the memorandum), 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 31, 2011 (People v Devaughn, 84 AD3d 1394), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered September 9, 2004.
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).
DUFFY, J.P., WOOTEN, LANDICINO and QUIRK, JJ., concur.
ENTER:Darrell M. Joseph
Clerk of the Court
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