People v. Walton

2020 NY Slip Op 4328, 185 A.D.3d 1062, 125 N.Y.S.3d 892

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: July 29, 2020
• Docket: Ind. No. 2459/12
• Status: Published

Opinion

People v Walton (2020 NY Slip Op 04328)

People v Walton

2020 NY Slip Op 04328

Decided on July 29, 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 July 29, 2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, J.P.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
JEFFREY A. COHEN
COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.

2014-04612
(Ind. No. 2459/12)

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

v

Samuel Walton, appellant.

Samuel Walton, Elmira, NY, appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Seth M. Lieberman of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Denise A. Corsí 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 30, 2019 (People v Walton, 168 AD3d 1103), affirming an amended judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 23, 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).

CHAMBERS, J.P., AUSTIN, COHEN and DUFFY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court