People v. Mena , 2020 NY Slip Op 05935 ( 2020 )

People v Mena (2020 NY Slip Op 05935)

People v Mena

2020 NY Slip Op 05935

Decided on October 21, 2020

Appellate Division, Second Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

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Decided on October 21, 2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P.
SHERI S. ROMAN
ROBERT J. MILLER
LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.

2013-06145
(Ind. No. 8960/11)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,

v

Jonathan Mena, appellant.

Jonathan Mena, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Anthea H. Bruffee, and Denise Pavlides of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Dina Zloczower of counsel), former appellate counsel.

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 May 22, 2019 (People v Mena, 172 AD3d 1235), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 29, 2013.

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; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

BALKIN, J.P., ROMAN, MILLER and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court