People v. McGriff

• Decision Date: 11 February 2015
• Citation: 2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 01291,999 N.Y.S.2d 759 (Mem),125 A.D.3d 789
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Dewitt McGRIFF, appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

125 A.D.3d 789

999 N.Y.S.2d 759 (Mem)

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 01291

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent

v.Dewitt McGRIFF, appellant.

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

Feb. 11, 2015.

Dewitt McGriff, Fallsburg, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Laura T. Ross of counsel), for respondent.

Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y., former appellate counsel.

Opinion

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 October 26, 1998 (People v. McGriff, 254 A.D.2d 503, 681 N.Y.S.2d 35 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered October 8, 1997.

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 ).

DILLON, J.P., DICKERSON, CHAMBERS and DUFFY, JJ., concur.