People v. Santiago

People v Santiago (2018 NY Slip Op 01203) People v Santiago 2018 NY Slip Op 01203 Decided on February 21, 2018 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 February 21, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, J.P. LEONARD B. AUSTIN SANDRA L. SGROI JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ. 2010-02907 (Ind. No. 1165/09) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Heraclio Santiago, appellant. Heraclio Santiago, Auburn, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Melissa S. Horlick of counsel), former appellate counsel. 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 19, 2014 (People v Santiago, 115 AD3d 885), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 25, 2010. 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). CHAMBERS, J.P., AUSTIN, SGROI and MALTESE, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court