People v. Yonamine

People v Yonamine (2025 NY Slip Op 06088) People v Yonamine 2025 NY Slip Op 06088 Decided on November 5, 2025 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 November 5, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P. WILLIAM G. FORD DEBORAH A. DOWLING ELENA GOLDBERG VELAZQUEZ, JJ. 1990-01010 1990-10133 (Ind. No. 7840/86) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Masao Yonamine, appellant. Masao Yonamine, Marcy, NY, appellant pro se. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, Danielle M. O'Boyle, and Catherine J. Kim 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 April 19, 1993 (People v Yonamine, 192 AD2d 687), inter alia, affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered July 12, 1988. 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). BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., FORD, DOWLING and GOLDBERG VELAZQUEZ, JJ., concur. ENTER: Darrell M. Joseph Clerk of the Court