People v. Patel

• Decision Date: 29 January 2020
• Docket Number: Ind.No. 383/12,2014–10967
• Citation: 114 N.Y.S.3d 720 (Mem),179 A.D.3d 1097
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Amit PATEL, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

179 A.D.3d 1097

114 N.Y.S.3d 720 (Mem)

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent,

v.Amit PATEL, Appellant.

2014–10967

Ind.No. 383/12

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

January 29, 2020

Amit Patel, Coxsackie, NY, appellant pro se.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Ellen C. Abbot, and John F. McGoldrick of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Kendra L. Hutchinson of counsel), former appellate counsel.

ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J., MARK C. DILLON, HECTOR D. LASALLE, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, 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 February 20, 2019 ( People v. Patel, 169 A.D.3d 934, 93 N.Y.S.3d 701 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered October 24, 2014.

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 ).

SCHEINKMAN, P.J., DILLON, LASALLE and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.