| People v Willard |
| 2014 NY Slip Op 01348 [114 AD3d 971] |
| February 26, 2014 |
| 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 Willard, Appellant. |
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Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert A. Schwartz and Laurie
K. Gibbons of counsel), for respondent.
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 March 27, 2007 (People v Willard, 38 AD3d 924 [2007]), affirming an amended judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered February 28, 2005, and a judgment of the same court rendered April 8, 2005.
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]). Mastro, J.P., Rivera, Skelos and Dillon, JJ., concur.