People v. Morales

People v Morales (2014 NY Slip Op 08665)
People v Morales
2014 NY Slip Op 08665
Decided on December 10, 2014
Appellate Division, Second Department
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Decided on December 10, 2014 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.
SHERI S. ROMAN
COLLEEN D. DUFFY
BETSY BARROS, JJ.

1994-10334
(Ind. No. 93-00846)

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

v

Astacio Morales, appellant.




Astacio Morales, Sonyea, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (John J. Carmody and Laurie G. Sapakoff 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 May 18, 1998 (People v Morales, 250 AD2d 782), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered October 7, 1994.

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 U.S. 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

RIVERA, J.P., ROMAN, DUFFY and BARROS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court