People v. Brightman

People v Brightman (2025 NY Slip Op 06069) People v Brightman 2025 NY Slip Op 06069 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. 2025-07529 (Ind. No. 1752/86) [*1]The People of the State of New York, plaintiff, v Jonathan Brightman, defendant. Jonathan Brightman, Santa Monica, California, defendant pro se. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, Charles T. Pollak, and Corey Reisman of counsel), for plaintiff. DECISION & ORDER Application by the defendant for a writ of error coram nobis seeking leave to file a late notice of appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered June 5, 1987. ORDERED that the application is denied. The defendant has not established his entitlement to the relief requested (see People v Syville, 15 NY3d 391). BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., FORD, DOWLING and GOLDBERG VELAZQUEZ, JJ., concur. ENTER: Darrell M. Joseph Clerk of the Court