People v. Mujica

2020 NY Slip Op 04969, 186 A.D.3d 1404, 129 N.Y.S.3d 22

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: September 16, 2020
• Docket: Ind. No. 3972/12
• Status: Published

Opinion

People v Mujica (2020 NY Slip Op 04969)

People v Mujica

2020 NY Slip Op 04969

Decided on September 16, 2020

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 September 16, 2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
JEFFREY A. COHEN
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.

2014-04610
(Ind. No. 3972/12)

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

v

Arturo Mujica, appellant.

Arturo Mujica, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Diane R. Eisner, and Dmitriy Povazhuk of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Tammy E. Linn of counsel), former appellate counsel.

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 January 18, 2017 (People v Mujica, 146 AD3d 902), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 7, 2014.

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).

RIVERA, J.P., AUSTIN, COHEN and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court