People v. Ceara

People v Ceara (2018 NY Slip Op 01477) People v Ceara 2018 NY Slip Op 01477 Decided on March 7, 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 March 7, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department L. PRISCILLA HALL, J.P. SHERI S. ROMAN SANDRA L. SGROI SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ. 2010-09470 (Ind. No. 09-00323) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Rafael Ceara, appellant. Rafael Ceara, Ossining, NY, appellant pro se. Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., District Attorney, White Plains, NY (Steven A. Bender 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 November 25, 2015 (People v Ceara, 133 AD3d 873), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered August 3, 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). HALL, J.P., ROMAN, SGROI and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court