People v. Richards

People v Richards (2020 NY Slip Op 04871)
People v Richards
2020 NY Slip Op 04871
Decided on September 2, 2020
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on September 2, 2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX
JOSEPH J. MALTESE
BETSY BARROS, JJ.

2014-04793
(Ind. No. 3168/11)

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

v

Michael Richards, appellant.




Michael Richards, Comstock, NY, appellant pro se.

Timothy D. Sini, District Attorney, Riverhead, NY (Grazia DiVincenzo of counsel), for respondent.

Laurette D. Mulry, Riverhead, NY (Felice B. Milani 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 November 9, 2016 (People v Richards, 144 AD3d 844), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered April 18, 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 U.S. 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

DILLON, J.P., HINDS-RADIX, MALTESE and BARROS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court