People v. Driver

People v Driver (2019 NY Slip Op 08210) People v Driver 2019 NY Slip Op 08210 Decided on November 13, 2019 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 13, 2019 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P. JOHN M. LEVENTHAL JOSEPH J. MALTESE VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ. 2014-00290 (Ind. No. 5015/11) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Alioune Driver, also known as Iloune Driver, appellant. Alioune Driver, named herein as Alioune Driver, also known as Iloune Driver, Elmira, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Solomon Neubort of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Kendra L. Hutchinson 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 October 25, 2017 (People v Driver, 154 AD3d 958), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered December 19, 2013. 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., LEVENTHAL, MALTESE and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court