People v. Newton

2018 NY Slip Op 5943

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: August 29, 2018
• Docket: 2014-04350
• Status: Published

Opinion

People v Newton (2018 NY Slip Op 05943)

People v Newton

2018 NY Slip Op 05943

Decided on August 29, 2018

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 August 29, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P.
JEFFREY A. COHEN
SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

2014-04350
(Ind. No. 544/13)

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

v

Albert Newton, appellant.

Albert Newton, Fallsburg, NY, appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Jonathan K. Yi of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Jenin Younes 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 April 12, 2017 (People v Newton, 149 AD3d 874), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 16, 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).

LEVENTHAL, J.P., COHEN, HINDS-RADIX and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court