Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melvin Butler, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-03-06
Citations: 104 A.D.3d 701
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Melvin Butler, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 104
Pages: 701–701

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Melvin Butler, Appellant.
[960 NYS2d 321]

Opinion:
Application by the appellant for a writ of error corana nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this Court dated March 25, 2008, (People v Butler, 49 AD3d 894 [2008]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 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]). Mastro, J.E, Rivera, Angiolillo and Leventhal, JJ., concur.