People v. Philips

People v Philips (2020 NY Slip Op 02480) People v Philips 2020 NY Slip Op 02480 Decided on April 29, 2020 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 April 29, 2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P. MARK C. DILLON LINDA CHRISTOPHER PAUL WOOTEN, JJ. 2000-02458 (Ind. No. 3251/97) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v George Philips, appellant. Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, Garden City, NY (Donna Aldea and Danielle Muscatello of counsel), for appellant. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Roni C. Piplani 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 June 20, 2006 (People v Philips, 30 AD3d 618), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered January 25, 2000. 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). RIVERA, J.P., DILLON, CHRISTOPHER and WOOTEN, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court