Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Billy Witherspoon, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-01-25
Citations: 80 A.D.3d 787
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Billy Witherspoon, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 80
Pages: 787–787

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Billy Witherspoon, Appellant.
[915 NYS2d 507]

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 February 13, 2008 (People v Witherspoon, 48 AD3d 599 [2008]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered September 5, 2006.
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]). Prudenti, P.J., Mastro, Rivera and Dillon, JJ., concur.