People v. Chance

People v Chance (2015 NY Slip Op 06162)
People v Chance
2015 NY Slip Op 06162
Decided on July 15, 2015
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on July 15, 2015 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
SANDRA L. SGROI
JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.

2010-04664
(Ind. No. 09-00867)

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

v

James Chance, also known as Joseph Jenkins, appellant.




James Chance, also known as Joseph Jenkins, Fallsburg, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Raffaelina Gianfrancesco and Laurie G. Sapakoff of counsel), for respondent.

Lisa H. Blitman, New York, N.Y., 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 3, 2013 (People v Chance, 105 AD3d 758), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered May 4, 2010.

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).

DILLON, J.P., AUSTIN, SGROI and COHEN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court