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People v Utley (2020 NY Slip Op 05235)

People v Utley

2020 NY Slip Op 05235

Decided on September 30, 2020

Appellate Division, Second Department

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

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on September 30, 2020
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
ROBERT J. MILLER
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

2016-07150
 (Ind. No. 71/15)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,
vOtis Utley, appellant.

Otis Utley, Romulus, NY, appellant pro se.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, Roni C. Piplani, and Antara D. Kanth of counsel), for respondent.

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 March 6, 2019 (People v Utley, 170 AD3d 757), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered June 28, 2016. 	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). 
MASTRO, J.P., AUSTIN, MILLER and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court