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People v. Hunter

10 A.D.3d 693 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 2004-09-20 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Benjamin Hunter, Appellant.
[781 NYS2d 754]

Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis, in effect, to vacate a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 19, 2000, so that he may be resentenced nunc pro tunc and file a notice of appeal, on the ground that his attorney failed to file a notice of appeal.

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 [1983]; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277 [2004]; People v Bachert, 69 NY2d 593 [1987]; People v Montgomery, 24 NY2d 130 [1969]). Prudenti, P.J., Ritter, Santucci and Altman, JJ., concur.

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