People v. Grasso

• Decision Date: 05 February 2020
• Docket Number: Ind.No. 80/12,2015–02772
• Citation: 115 N.Y.S.3d 719 (Mem),180 A.D.3d 705
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Luigi GRASSO, Also Known as Ronald Petrino, Also Known as Renato Santini, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

180 A.D.3d 705

115 N.Y.S.3d 719 (Mem)

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent,

v.Luigi GRASSO, Also Known as Ronald Petrino, Also Known as Renato Santini, Appellant.

2015–02772

Ind.No. 80/12

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

February 5, 2020

Luigi Grasso, Romulus, NY, appellant pro se.

Michael E. McMahon, District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Anne Grady of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Patricia Pazner of counsel), former appellate counsel.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., SHERI S. ROMAN, BETSY BARROS, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.

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 July 25, 2018 ( People v. Grasso , 163 A.D.3d 991, 82 N.Y.S.3d 65 ), determining an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County, rendered March 26, 2015.

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, 103 S.Ct. 3308, 77 L.Ed.2d 987 ; People v. Stultz , 2 N.Y.3d 277, 778 N.Y.S.2d 431, 810 N.E.2d 883 ).

MASTRO, J.P., ROMAN, BARROS and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.