| People v Pearce |
| 2011 NY Slip Op 06497 [87 AD3d 1041] |
| September 13, 2011 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Christopher Pearce, Appellant. |
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Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Judith R. Sternberg and Ilisa Fleischer
of counsel), for respondent.
Bruce R. Bekritsky, Mineola, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
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 February 15, 2011 (People v Pearce, 81 AD3d 856 [2011]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered July 23, 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 [1983]; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). Covello, J.P., Eng, Chambers and Hall, JJ., concur.