People v. Bell

People v Bell (2016 NY Slip Op 05928)
People v Bell
2016 NY Slip Op 05928
Decided on August 31, 2016
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on August 31, 2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.
REINALDO E. RIVERA
MARK C. DILLON
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

1992-00185
(Ind. No. 4598/90)

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

v

Leon Bell, appellant.




Leon Bell, Marcy, NY, appellant pro se.

Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Camille O'Hara Gillespie 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 December 9, 1996 (People v Bell, 234 AD2d 378), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered December 18, 1991.

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).

MASTRO, J.P., RIVERA, DILLON and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court