| People v Costa |
| 2026 NY Slip Op 00147 [245 AD3d 736] |
| January 14, 2026 |
| 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 Duane T. Costa, Appellant. |
Duane T. Costa, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.
Anne T. Donnelly, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Jason R. Richards and Kevin C. King 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 December 13, 2023 (People v Costa, 222 AD3d 775 [2023]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered January 27, 2022.
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]). Iannacci, J.P., Ford, Voutsinas and Ventura, JJ., concur.