PEOPLE v. VASQUEZ

2011-11756. Ind. No. 3293/10.

189 A.D.3d 1618 (2020)

135 N.Y.S.3d 312

2020 NY Slip Op 08086

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Abraham Angel Vasquez, Also Known as Juan Velazquez, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Sabel, New York, NY (David Crow and Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP [Eric Corngold and Anil K. Vassanji], of counsel), for appellant, and appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez , District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY ( Leonard Joblove and Amy Appelbaum of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure , New York, NY ( A. Alexander Donn of counsel), former appellate counsel.

Balkin, J.P., Austin, Brathwaite Nelson and Iannacci, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the application is denied.

The defendant argues that he was deprived of the effective assistance of appellate counsel because his counsel failed to argue on appeal that the trial court's handling of jury notes violated People v O'Rama (78 N.Y.2d 270 [1991]).

The constitutional requirement that a defendant be provided with the effective assistance of appellate...

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