People v. Simmons

People v Simmons (2017 NY Slip Op 01388)
People v Simmons
2017 NY Slip Op 01388
Decided on February 22, 2017
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on February 22, 2017 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL
SANDRA L. SGROI
SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ.

2008-11014
(Ind. No. 2362/05)

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

v

Derek Simmons, appellant.




Derek Simmons, Dannemora, NY, appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Sharon Y. Brodt, and Roni Piplani 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 17, 2011 (People v Simmons, 84 AD3d 1120), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered November 19, 2008.

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).

MASTRO, J.P., LEVENTHAL, SGROI and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court