People v. Kotsopoulos

People v Kotsopoulos (2018 NY Slip Op 01937) People v Kotsopoulos 2018 NY Slip Op 01937 Decided on March 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 March 21, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P. CHERYL E. CHAMBERS SANDRA L. SGROI JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ. 2003-05790 (Ind. No. 1057/02) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Nikolaos Kotsopoulos, appellant. Nikolaos Kotsopoulos, Attica, NY, appellant pro se. Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Yael V. Levy and Ilisa T. Fleischer 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 May 23, 2005 (People v Kotsopoulos, 18 AD3d 781), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered June 19, 2003. 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., CHAMBERS, SGROI and COHEN, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court